our burners are being asked to come into centers of various cities for aetna. -- right now. whehowever, as soon as things gt better, they are escorted out. but we might begin to break that cycle. it is just wonderful to walk out on the street and see the world walking by. >> are you giving the twitter deal? >> yes, we are. we just founded a new nonprofit. black rock arts foundation, which is dedicated to spreading interactive, a collaborative art throughout the world. now we have founded but we call the burning and project. -- what we call the burning man project. it eventually leads to the event itself. this is a wonderful opportunity. the thing about burning man, when you look at the variety of people that go there, when you look at this environment, where all the normal boundaries are down in every department of human knowledge and endeavor. if you ask what possible application that we have created that may be useful loud in the desert, -- what would it have an application to? education, urban planning, disaster relief. needless to say, we are ambitious than we think we c

. >> still much more to come on abc 7 news aetna and. >> we saw all the action, police cars, people being pulled out on gurneys and there was a swat team. >> a shooting rampage at a hospital. new details on the gun man behind it. >> changing classic recipes -- we have reason for big changes for pepsi and coca-cola. >> also houris world continues and new details about the secret weapon giving him advice for the royal moments them up all that and if you missed 70 degrees from yesterday, you don't have to wait too long for more than pleasant weath >> you are watching abc 7 news at home with steve chenevy and cynne simpson. >> police are planning to ask the public health to identify the gunmen who opened fire at a psychiatric clinic near the university of pittsburgh campus. the gunmen walked into the hospital before 2:00 yesterday with two semiautomatic guns and began shooting in the lobby. if a hospital worker was killed and six others were injured before the gun man was fatally shot by campus police officer. witnesses described the scene as terrifying them we saw all the action police cars,

i'm glad you're not at aetna anymore. you're not quite as vested in it.fied as an insurance industry executive when all the demagoguing was being done by the white house about insurance executives and yet the entire industry after being raked over the coals totally backed it. do you feel like the industry made a deal with the devil and now you're getting what you deserve? >> well, i think the industry right now is focused on the fact that it is the law of the land. i think when you're in that political process, the companies had to make judgments about what was best for their shareholders. >> would have been great if every person who to be covered, i watch united health care. they're like rubbing it all over themselves. yet they had just been vilified as people that turned were the people that were dying with preexisting conditions. you heard about fat cat insurance executives every week from the white house, yet the whole industry signed on because of the possibility of covering everyone. now what? >> i think also we have to back up and recognize as a co

meantime, health insurer stocks like aetna are soaring today. the index is near an all-time high that president obama's health care reform law will be up held. much more on this health care surge. despite weakness in banks and technology, these sectors have been the big winners during the fourth quarter while sectors like telecom and energy have been on shaky ground. european markets delivered lackluster returns. we're wondering if there's more to the story. joining us is bob pisani and simon hobbs from new jersey. we're focusing on weakness in europe. >> yes, we are. it was really quite broad base. some of the indices, like italy, we have an eruption of selling on the italian and spanish bond markets. raising the question really as to whether the honeymoon that we've experienced may be coming to an end of the first quarter. of course, risk assets have rallied substantially of a trillion dollars. tomorrow we have the spanish budget and there is clear nervousness ahead of that. and what was interesting was that as the bond market sold off, some o

aetna and cigna traded down. >>> much more ahead on the "closing bell."king to tap into the new generation of car buyers. talking about how his company is bridging the generation gap with affordable luxury and high-tech gadgets. >> also, cashing in on commercial real estate. we'll tell you how he is staying ahead of the market. diana olick in the latest economic survey. diana? >> that's right, maria. some surprising results on america's attitude towards home ownership and the american dream. that's coming up on the "closing bell." >>> time now for going global europe. >> hi, everyone. these are the stories we're watching in europe. tomorrow, a day ahead of the spanish prime minister annual budget statement, a general strike is expected to take place in the country. we will be live with coverage of that. plus, also, how is the european consumer fairing. we'll get the data for the euro zone and on the earnings front, look out for the numbers from the retailer. we'll also be speaking with the cfo. tune in to cnbc world to catch all of the action overseas at

. >> see you tomorrow night and got the ceo of aetna and applied >> i'm jim cramer and welcome to my world. >> you need to get in the game. >> he's nuts. they're nuts. they know nothing. >> i always like to say there's a bull market somewhere. >> "mad money." you can't afford to miss it. >> hey, i'm cramer. welcome to "mad money." welcome to cramerica. other people want to make friends, i'm trying to save you a little money. so call me at 1-800-747-cnbc. look, i know the market didn't go down today just because the public hates socks. s&p giving up almost a half a percent. nasdaq also declining 4.9%. but this cnbc proprietary survey released yesterday, it took my breath away. it crushed me just to see how much stocks are truly despised. >> the house of pain. >> did you know that stocks are ranked third as an asset class behind gold? and get this, the most hated real estate, that's right, 37% say that gold is the best investment. 27% believe that real estate. and only 19% think that stocks are the best place to put your money. it gets worse. when asked whether it's time to pull the tr

. >>> mount aetna is on the island of sicily, the tallest and most active tornado. back to "caught on camera." >>> welcome back to "caught on camera." i'm contessa brewer. so far this hour we've seen average people going about their everyday lives when danger strikes unexpectedly. but, in our next story, we'll see what can go wrong when thrill's seekers take a leap of faith. las vegas, nevada. a fun-filled weekend becomes a life-and-death struggle when a bungee cord becomes a noose. >> i definitely wasn't breathing. i was unconscious. >> whoa! >> it's may 2001, and these friends are looking for a thrill ride. >> it was my 21st birthday so my brother and i and my best friend vernon decided to go up and celebrate, and bungee jumping was one of the few things we wanted to do. >> atop a 170-foot crane suspended over the las vegas strip, malu feels no hesitation. >> i consider myself somewhat of an extremist, so i had no thoughts of anything bad going on. you sign a waiver and i didn't think twice about signing my name and jumping. >> there's malu out there on the edge.

and aetna among the health care stocks moving higher today. some talk about the supreme court may not strike down obama care. however, on the downside, best buy getting hit hard. they've posted a q-4 loss and plan to close 50 big box stores this year. stock down 7.5%. big lots with the big stumble. deutsche bank says it's concerned about sales trends at the closeout retailer. and mosaic down after reporting weaker than expected q-3 profits. the stock down about 5.3%. let's get to the trading floors. bob pisani joins us from the nyse. bob, tell us all the market action. >> hello, seema. bottom line is simple. one day to go in the quarter and our big market maker, our big market mover, financials, is kind of mulling over in the last few days. since the middle of last week they've kind of gone nowhere and starting to rollover, as i said. morgan stanley, goldman, citi group, all the big guys are down 1% to 3% today. we'll keep an eye on this as we go into the close of the quarter. the other group that had a great quarter and has been rolling over,

check out charts of aetna, cigna, united health, they've aun risen all risen.ock exchange. jim cramer joins us with more. a big friday. what are you watching from down will? >> i'm watching mega millions. waiting for clearly conflicted. this is a r.i.m. deal. most feel it's a take over name. i doubt that. it's a decent day. >> you say you doubt that they're a takeover target. rick says as far as microsoft goes, it's not much for them in terms of a cash flow. but he was worried about all the problems they would be inheriting. why do you think it's not a takeover target? >> i think you have this terminal worth, $77 million. the decline -- 77 million subscribers. decline in revenue is amazing. i thought the interview was fabulous. he was spot on when he said, listen, bomber. just the good people leaving, and i think this bomber were on buy r.i.m., i think the stock would go much lower. >> he'd like to see microsoft get out of some of the other things its chasing like search. >> he said something like 2 billion. >> yeah, like 2.3 billion they would lose in revenue

one is hmo stocks, names like wellpoint, humana, aetna.let's get right to that. >> we have a simple choice to make. they can stand with the big oil companies or they can stand with the american people. right now the biggest oil companies are raking in record profits, profits that go up every time folks pull up into a gas station. but on top of these record profits, oil companies are also getting billions a year. billions a year in taxpayer subsidies. a subsidy they've enjoyed year after year for the last century. think about that. it's like hitting the american people twice. you're already paying a premium at the pump right now. and on top of that, congress, up until this point, has thought it was a good ideao s billions of dollars more in tax dollars to the oil industry. it's not as if these companies can't stand on their own. last year the three biggest oil companies took home more than $80 billion in profits. exxon pocketed nearly $4.7 million every hour. when the price of oil goes up, prices at the pump go up, and so do these company's

aetna all outperforming. reports that mastercard and visa are part of a major security breach.t's get to mary thompson who has details on that. carol? >> mastercard says importantly that its own systems have not been breached. rather, reportedly, this came from a third party payment processor so the breach has been able to access information on the mastercard accounts. another report says that visas customer accounts may be compromised as well. i made calls to mastercard and visa, haven't heard back from them. also put out calls to major banks, jp more gun and city bank as well. it could affect up to ten million cards. again, mastercard saying that their own cards haven't been compromised, that the breach came from a third-party payment processor. >>> as americans catch mega millions fever, gary kominski has experience advising people. >> you want to know why i have no experience winning the lottery? because i never played tu but i did buy tickets today. >> these are mine, my four. >> carl, i have to tell you this. i had a whole segment planned. we were going to talk about busi

tenet, aetna, united health and humana in the green.safeway, credit suisse expressed western over the grocer's ability to perform. >>> pain at the pump, gas prices jump 11 cents over the last two weeks. we'll be talking live to the ceo of gulf oil about what he sees for oil prices and in particular, gas prices going forward. >>> plus, "the hunger games" devouring the weekend box office with a record $155 million. a major bull's eye for lionsgate. you still have time to get in on this red-hot trade. if the stock is still a buy and how movie theater stocks could benefit as well. >>> markets overseas riding high on the back of ben bernanke's comments earlier today. how it shakes out when the european markets close in less than half an hour's time. >>> and can apple save best buy? the electronics retailer riding the apple wave. is this a sustainable rally? the answer plus much more coming up over the next hour. but we start with an historic day in the country of cuba. pope benedict making a visit to the communist company that many believe s

check out mount aetna in italy. the giant ash cloud has airport officials on the lookout.airports. remember what happened last time. much more disasterous turn on events in hawaii. lava is spilling from those mountains there. that volcano destroyed an entire neighborhood and the last home burned to the ground within an hour. its home owner fleeing. got out in time. that volcano has been erupting since 1983 but recently became more active. >> after being lost for 53 days in the desert, a dog named dooley reunited with its family. it bolted from scene of a crash when its owner was seriously hurt. they picked him up five miles from where the accident happened. >> just my little sweetie, and i'm just so grateful to have him back. >> pulled up into the driveway and i went out and i was just about in tears. i was so happy to see him. >> that was his owner who is fine now after that crash. she says they never gave up hope that they would find dooley safe. >> all right. let's bring in donald trump right now from some undisclosed location but we know you're safe. welcome back, dona

for example, aetna in connecticut lowered their premiums on an average of 10% because of this provision in the law. another key provision in the law is the value index. the value index rewards doctors for the quality of the care that they deliver, not the quantity. for the value of the care, not the volume. my home state, minnesota, is a leader, if not the leader, in delivering high-value care at a low, relatively low cost. and traditionally, we in minnesota are, our health providers have been well underreimbursed for it. for example, texas gets reimbursed 50% more per medicare patient than minnesota does. now, this isn't about pitting minnesota against texas or florida. it's about rewarding those states, those low-valued states to become more like minnesota. imagine if we brought down medicare expenditures by 30% around the country. while increasing its effectiveness. it will bring enormous benefits not just to minnesota, but across the country because it will bring down the cost of health care delivery nationwide. that's what we need to be addressing, the cost of health care delivery.