aetna says it's sending out retraction letters.ervice phone number on their aetna i.d. card. >>> turns out pink slime is not the only edible substance that contains ammonia. food safety experts say ammonia is in many of our foods, not just ground beef. last month fast-food chains and supermarkets stopped serving meat that was treated with ammonia after critics labeled it pink slime. the compound was approved in 1974 for food consumption, and you can find it in cheese, baked goods and chocolate products. food companies insist they're using the compound much less these days. >>> flames engulfed a north bay house just a short while ago. how fast the firefighters got there and how quickly they were able to put that fire out. the masters is underway, wait until you hear how one man's dog almost ruined his trip to augusta. [ mom ] to me, chex is not just a little bowl of cereal, it's kind of a big deal. to find nutritious and gluten-free cereals my whole family actually loves? well, the word "wow" comes to mind. and then a friend told me

mount aetna sees red and sends hot lava spewing into the night sky. >>> and french jam. a confused driver makes a wrong turn in paris. >>> good morning, everyone. i'm lynn berry. those stories and more straight ahead. this is "first look" on msnbc. >>> and we're going to begin this morning with a romney round. mitt romney made a big move toward winning the republican presidential nomination last night notching five primary wins. nbc's brian moore reports. >> reporter: if there were any doubts mitt romney was going to be the republican nominee, he erased them tuesday night with a clean sweep in connecticut, delaware, new york, pennsylvania, and rhode island. >> i can say with confidence and gratitude that you have given me a great honor and solemn responsibility. and together we are going to win on november 6th. >> reporter: rick santorum, who dropped out earlier this month, stopped just short of endorsing romney on cnn. >> so it's very clear that he's going to be the republican nominee and i'm going to be for the republican nominee. >> reporter: newt gingrich didn't drop

and the air lift ended. 1,000 americans and vee aetna piece were lifted out, but thousands left clawing at the gates. it was then time to announce officially the end of the war. and kissinger and i walked across to the old executive office building for a briefing. and i was astounded that the turnout was so small considering the historic moment, but it was late in the afternoon and reporters were close to deadline and many decided to watch the announcement the in their offices. and i thought to myself, this war is not ending where a whimper or a bang, it's ending with a yawn. and i read on behalf of president ford the statement that the evacuation has thousand been completed, this action closes a chapter in the american experience. the president asked all americans to close ranks to avoid recriminal nations about the past, to look ahead to the many goals we share. and to work together on the great task that remained to be accomplished. when kissinger and i came off the stage, we were told that the evacuation in fact was not over, that 129 marines were still in the embassy compound waiti

aetna insurance said it made a mistake when it sent out thousands of letters in california.etters told customers their doctors were no longer covered by the aetna network and patients would either have to find new doctors or pay more for health care. the company now says it's sending out retraction letters. in the meantime customers with questions should call the customer service phone number right there on the aetna id cards. >>> some surprising new information about the food you eat. food safety experts say there's ammonia in many of our foods. not just in beef. last month fast food chains as well as supermarkets stopped serving beef that was treated with ammonia after critics labeled it "pink slime." that compound was approved in 1974 for food consumption. you can even find it in cheese, baked goods and chocolate products. however, food companies insist they are using that compound a lot less these days. >>> sugary drinks could go up in price as the state tries to fight childhood obesity. a new poll released today by the contra costa health department show voters agree ob

now that that is -- erupting is mou -- mount aetna is dropping again. so far officials have not had to issue warnings for people believe houses. it is not affecting air travel in the area. >> now your 11 insta-weather- plus forecast with john collins. >> beautiful, sunny day. not a cloud in we had clouds this morning, but they have dissipated. we had a little cloudy is just off of ocean city. there have been showers in southeast virginia and eastern north carolina. even that is disappearing right now. let's look at the situation as we see it. in a little short on rain. we've not even at 1/10 of an inch so far. we are over four inches short on the year so far. average temperature of this month so far, 52.8. at edgewood, 57. parkton, westminster, a 54. here is the satellite image. we are high and dry. you can see that there is a big area of high-pressure over the eastern seaboard now. it is holding this storm to the west, away from us. this line, center point, we are east of that. temperatures will be close to normal for this time of year. more southerly

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

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

we'll see you sunday morning. >> thanks. >>> mount aetna is erupting again in italy. the video scene shows europe's most active volcano spewing ash and lava into the air yesterday. this is the 24th eruption in a cycle that began in january, 2011. no injuries have been reported this time around. authorities have not issued any danger warnings to people living in the village nearby. what a spectacular sight. >> look at that. >> for sure. >> spectacular sunshine around here today. it warmed up. >> no drama? >> you know, pretty cool day on tuesday. very cool day on wednesday. yesterday a little bit on the cool side. today? we called it fantastic friday and that is exactly what it is. plenty of sunshine and temperatures that are right around average for this time of year. 66 the average. a high of 67 degrees with all that sunshine. a lot of pollen sufferers still suffering out there. and a lot of people saying this is the worst it's been in years. you are correct as far as that is concerned. high temperature today, 67 degrees. low of 45. this by the way is the warmest apri

. >>> check it out it is impressive from italy's mount aetna, it erupts, sending lava spewing into the sky overnight, the seventh erouchingts year. the mountain blew lava and hot ash into the air. the local airport managed to stay open. mount etna is europe's only active volcano. >>> as we reported earlier in this newscast, president obama visited the university of north carolina today to bring attention to college loans and instituted unt dealt. nbc late night personality jimmy fallon helped the president get the message out by slow jamming the news. >> what we said is simple. now is toot knot the time to make school more expensive for our young people. >> the president taped a special edition of late night that will air tonight after jay leno right here on nbc bay area. >> always so funny when he does that with someone. the person in the back always has a straight face. >> more effective, change it up. how we looking for tomorrow? >> well, a few showers coming our way with temperatures starting to cool off, mid to upper 60s on wednesday, also some showers lingering on thursday. then

and you look at the other insurers like metlife, aetna, aig, they were up about 20% so it certainly lagged the sector. now aflac is to a certain extent gotten over its troubles. it had a bad yush mean bond portfolio. a lot of people say that is resolved. a lot of people say if you are looking for a contrarian name and maybe even a takeout look to aflac because there is another big insurer which didn't do that well in the first quarter that was berkshire hathaway. that stock was only up about 7%. and we all know that warren buffett likes to buy cheap stocks oy out of favor. >> tom: and he has made a name in insurance over the past several generation. what about gannett, gci, best known for "u.s.a. today" and owns tv station this stock is not necessarily out of favor but it hasn't rallied as sharply as the markets. if has kind of flat lined in the mid tunes. >> well, the sector is out of favor. everyone keeps saying that newspapers are going to got way of buggy whips. and when people think about gannett they think about u "u.s.a. today" and the lovely pie charts when they stay at holiday inn

aetna and united health fell at least 1.5% each. two other health industry stocks made headlines thanks to market concerns about their products. medicalre device company st. jude fell over percent over concerns about a heart defibrillator product. a medical journal raised worries over insulated wires connecting defibrillators to hearts but s. jude wants the article retracted over what it claims are errors and biased analysis. drug developer inter-mune dropped 15.5%. an experimental respiratory drug has been delayed. finally, rare earth minerals. there has been a global rush to find and secure these elements used in everything from cell phones to autos to military high-tech gear. china produces 90% of the world's demand right now, but an american miner said it has more than it thought in a california mine. that news sent shares of molycorp up more than 4.5%. it now thinks its california mine has 36% more reserves than estimated earlier. molycorp is the only rare earth's producer in the western hemisphere. and that's tonight's market

at the same time, small- business coverage by aetna will get hikes of about 4%. other increases planned for may for customers in health net and united healthcare. now we turn to campaign 2012 coverage. mitt romney appears to be in good shape heading into wisconsin's republican primary. a new poll shows that romney has a seven point lead over his closest challenger rick santorum. a second pulling in wisconsin has from the up five percentage points. >> as the national republican front runner, romney is taking aim at the president's economic policies. >> his recovery has been tepid, underperformed in part because of what he has done has made it more difficult for the economy to recover. he likes to take great applause for his stimulus but the stimulus protected government, not the american people >> heading into tuesday's primary romney has a more than half way of the delta's total delegates he needs for the nomination >> vice-president joe biden joins bob schieffer on face the nation today. the show is expanding to a one- hour format and will also be hearing from n

we saw that with coffin try and aetna. maria, back to you. >> bob, thank you so much. of course major averages with their first monthly decline of the year. a roller coaster ride for the markets. >> okay maria, april is historically the third best month of the year but the dow, s&p and nasdaq are all negative for the month of april making some believe that sell in may and go away came a little early. but that's not the whole story. first, we have seen a flair-up in the eurozone debt crisis. spanish yield at one point creeping up to 6%. then slowing growth in china. cautioning some firms to rethink their strategy overseas. lastly, mac home in the u.s., we had economic data, specifically in the labor markets. jobless claims back above levels, posted earlier this year. we also had gdp come in at 2.2%, lower than what economist were forecasting. and an important measure of fear, the almighty vix is steadily rising making some investors believe that nervousness is back in the market. most of this around the renewed concerns in europe and whether we'll get further stimulus f

aetna is europe's tallest and most active volcano. it erupts often but rarely causes damage.far, they have not issued any danger warnings for homes or for people. >>> a shooting inside a cracker barrel in ohio, leaves three people dead. police say the gunman was angry because his wife told him she was leaving him. a woman and a young girl were shot and killed. another girl was taken to the hospital. police exchanged gunfire with the suspect before killing him. the gunman is reportedly the husband of the adult female victim. >>> it's final exam time for college students am but people at the university of pittsburgh are more worried about bomb threats. there have been dozens over the past few weeks. jim axelrod reports. >> being a student at the university of pittsburgh these days, means security checks and midnight evacuations from your dormitory. >> i think most people are just incredibly frustrated. you know, you hear about this. you don't know if you can do your laundry. you don't know if you can sleep the whole night in your dorm. >> reporter: law enforcement says they bel

aetna dropping 10%. pulte dropping 6%. >> this was a good one because that's encouraging, that maybe home building and home prices is on the increase. >> dow chemical down 3%. >> that's disappointing. dupont produced a pretty good number, so this makes it look that much worse. >> ups down 7%. >> domestically they were strong, internationally, not what people were expecting. this stock is around $75. looks like a great value. >> and drop of the penguins. friends woke up to a penguin waddling around their living room. they apparently got drunk and broke into the place where the penguins were, stealing the animal. no word if mike tyson showed up that night. >> that's for social media right there. >>> nuance stores, zynga shares falling for the first time in about a month. more half time report on the way. an investment opportunity you didn't see before. fidelity's next generation ipad app lets you see what's trending around the world, as well as what over a million fidelity customers are trading throughout

aetna and united health along with three nonprofits. meantime, you've got $1 billion in patents. that seems to be the theme of the day. aol surging to 40% after selling 800 patents to microsoft for that much while facebook snapped up instagram ahead of the ipo. and apple shares yet another new record adding over $40 billion in market value over the last 14 sessions. it is poised to become the second company ever to reach that $600 billion market cap milestone any day now. and super value shares bounce back after catching a better than expected low. and we hear from alcoa, and you know what that means, larry, it's earnings season. >> all right. very good. earnings season. thanks, bertha. >>> now let's tend to our market watchers and take a closer look. joining me is zain brown at lord abbott, david malpass, a former reagan assistant deputy of the treasury. chief economist with john thomas financial. michael, let me ask you. i say there's no collapse going off a cliff, not even a stock market plunge. you tell me, you're the expert. >> i don't see how anyone could call this a collap

other names reporting before the bell include aetna, bristol-myers, dow chemical, kellogg, lockheed martin, pepsi, time warner cable, tyco and u.p.s. so a lot of numbers on the way. >> and you can add today's economic calendar, jobless claims at 8:30 a.m. polled economists looking for first time filings to fall. and later today we'll get the national association of realtor reports on pending home sales for march and at 11:00, we'll get the kansas city fed survey. so between those earnings and all of these other numbers, we have a lot to chew on this morning. joseph. >> do you follow alec baldwin? >> on twitter? >> no. what did he do? >> some day if i ever -- seriously, if i ever got mentioned by alec baldwin, i think i could retire. my life would be complete. but i think this is a real -- alec baldwin tweeted about gary came gary kaminsky. >> what did he say? >> he said he sort of gave him an easy -- you can imagine what kind of interview alec baldwin thinks lloyd blankfein should get. now -- >> the vampire squid. >> right. i'd like to see baldwin interview the ceo of capital one. but he w

mount aetna rumbling back to life spewing plume and ash. look at these pictures, sending lava down the sides of the volcano. the eruption lasted about 90 minutes. no reports of injuries or damage. it is the fifth time that it has erupted this year. >> gregg: today christians around the world are holding ceremonies for palm sunday. retracing the steps that jesus returned to the city. in rome, thousands of catholics gathering to attend a special mass held by pope benedict xvi. gregg burk is there in rome. >> a very good day. it promises to be a busy week for pope benedict who is 84 and almost 85. pope benedict celebrating mass in st. peter's square. to celebrate christ's triumphant return to jerusalem. who is jesus of nazareth. pope laying out a special challenge to young people who were present there asking them to put christ at the center of their lives and say this will bring them true joy. a huge crowd and massive numbers of people come to rome every year, all during the year for a variety of different reasons, most of those coming here t

aetna, the stock in negative territory, they dint raise guidance. extra cash to spare. stock trades at 44.25. overall, despite the fact for the first time a dow component, namely, exxon, disappointed in results, still we add to the gained. two days of gains, a big jump over last two days, 163 points on the dow. we continue to advance through earnings season. two-thirds of the dow are higher. let's have a look at the volume. it's evenly spaced, certainly here at the nysep nasdaq, talking chips, semiconductors, evenly spaced. >> speaking of the nasdaq, let's head over there. good morning. >> good morning. since it was the apple ecosystem that powered the rally in tech yesterday, let's take a look how those stock are trading today. apple is taking abreather after the sharp run-up yesterday. now on communications one of the suppliers of apple, speculated to be behind the siris. based on financial data, it expects second quarter nongap revenues come in between $416 billion and $418 billion, higher than what the street was expect. that's why the stock is outperforming. also s

sicily's mount aetna.obody injured in that eruption. >>> lady luck striking a gas station in louisiana, two lottery tickets worth $3 million each sold at the same location. but so far one. winners has claimed their prize. >>> former yankees pitcher roger clemens begins his retrial next week. he is accused of lying about steroid use. his trial lasted only two days because of an arecord on the prosecution side. coincidence, yankees opening day here in new york. that is good news, friday the 13th, yeah. heather: thank you very much, gregg. childhood obesity at an all-time high. a new study putting the spotlight on why waistlines are expanding and how much less kids should be eating. take a look at this. the number of obese children has doubled. that is since the 1970s. one in six, now officially obese. to bring that number down though, children would have had to cut an average of 120 calories a day for teenagers, that would mean, jogging at least 30 minutes a day or at least, cutting out that 16-ounce soft dr

aetna at it again.ctive volcano erupting for the fifth time this year, lighting up the night sky with lava and ash. the eruption did not disrupt air traffic this time. >>> reports say ashton kutcher has been cast to play steve jobs in a movie about the late apple founder's life. there is a striking resemblance between the two. the film will be based on the best-selling biography of jobs by walter isaacson. >> they do look a lot alike. >> until you put the side by side i hadn't figured it out. look at that. all ashton has to do is change his haircut and spitting image. >>> still ahead, a country trying to ban the mini skirt. saying that it makes men do certain things. >> oh, my. >> we'll fill you in. >>> a 12-year-old does something no skateboarder has ever done before. you can't even do it in some video games without a cheat code. you want to know what it? we had to freeze it. we're going to show it to you. ♪ [ female announcer ] introducing new nature valley protein bars. 100% natural ingredients like

. >>> well, italy's mount aetna is erupting once again. time in the last month the southeastern crater has sent lava flowing. no one has been hurt and italian authorities haven't issued any warning of danger for houses or people. >>> at least three possible tornadoes were reported in central oklahoma overnight. forecasters say today could be a day of life threatening storms in the midwest. mike tobin is live now in norman, oklahoma which has already been hit by the severe weather. >> reporter: and claudine, looking around norman, oklahoma. we're seeing downed trees and downed power lines. looking outside of the vehicle you can see a lot of the roof damage. what's interesting is they're used to tornadoes in this part of the country so a lot of the buildings are built with solid brick construction, but still when you have the force of a twister come down, that will pull off parts of the roof. certainly as good as knocking down the power lines. we see the stoplights are out in town. the good news here in norman especially is there were some i

first it was aetna, then coventry and today humana. all reporting higher medical cost ratios. that's the percentage of the premium being used to pay medical bills. they've been going up. more people have been going to the doctor. it's that simple. this has created problems with some of the earnings here. again today, we're seeing a situation with another hmo, this time, of course, humana, to the downside. 234 building material land, similar trend. armstrong world industries. they make ceiling, floors. not a very good number. but the residential, the remodeling, the do-it-yourself business is continuing to do well. that's why companies like home depot and lowe's continuing to do well as the d.i.y. business is doing well. spain, japan, not so well. the united states, we're just down fractionally. s&p 500 down 0.4%. >> want to check in with courtney reagan over at the nasdaq. we're watching apple shares down by 1.25% so far. >> certainly. that will likely weigh on the greater nasdaq and even the greater market today because we know what a heavyweight apple does have. i want to br