that's if you had a medicare advantage plan, your aetna, blue cross, so forth. can you go back to original medicare at that point only. >> thank you so much for being with us. we appreciate it. >> thank you. >> very good information. we have some more good information for you, so like i said, have that pen and pencil handy. we have some numbers for you to write down. if you are interested in getting some more information in pennsylvania, call apprise for free medicare counseling. 1-800-783-7067. again, that number is 1-800-783-7067. in new jersey you can call the state health assistance program, that is 1-800-792-8820. again, it's 1-800-792-8820. in delaware you can get help at elder info from 1-800-336-950. again, two numbers in delaware, 1-800-336-9500 or 302-674-7364. if you do want to get on the web, you can check out nbc10.com. that's where we have posted all of this information. there is another deadline on the horizon. it's time to sign up for health care. we'll answer your questions about the affordable care act, including how to keep your premiums from

. >> anchor: this is mount aetna. would you wow, impressive, right right? it's europe's tallest volcano showing off what it can do spewing hot lava into the sky vice will for miles. clouds of ashes blanketing the surrounding towns and even caused a nearby airport to close down early this morning. mount aetna is considered the world's most active volcano . >> anchor: amazing pictures to look at. it's so deadly and dangerous but can't not look at that. look at the amazing color of those. . >> anchor: that's why those lava lamps were so popular, right? >> anchor: you look at that and people talk about if you look close you get in the habit of going through procedures in case you do have to leave. looking at that pretty amazing pictures . >> anchor: ashes come down and get all over the cars and just a mess. but deficit revery impressive. scary, all those kinds of things. >> anchor: let's change the gear talking about weather. bree, we'll get some pretty good improvement here over the weekend . >> anchor: improvement i know it depends on who you ask though becau

mount aetna liting up the sky on wednesday. lava shot 3200 feet and spewed ash over the surrounding area. the eruption lasted a spectacular hour. >> a lucky few got to see that. >> can you snaj. >> no. >> from a distance. >> one of the most beautiful things. incredible. >>> the weekend forecast. storm through yesterday. leftover rain and showers in the pacific northwest and higher elevations. but we're focused on the weekend. it looks formidable and will bring rain. most is going to be targeted northwest and british columbia. for today the system has moved on shore, the next one will be coming in throughout the weekend. likes late saturday is the heaviest rains. and then as the front gets closer to california we'll see a little rain down here. not the heavy amounts like we will to the north. that is where we could see excess of the yellow colors, 5 f 7 inches of rain. and we could even see possibility of minor flooding and maybe even getting to major in some of the areas near the olympics. so the other travel problems in miami

aetna raised their pay to $15. so on and so forth. the democratic party has picked up $15 as their platform for 2016. i think that what you see is politicians specifically realizing that in november there's going to be a referendum on wages. and these workers need 15 and they need it now. the voting bloc is about 64 million workers across this country who make less than $15 an hour. north carolina, 2 million or more workers lake less than $15. you look at a battleground state like florida, 4 million or so workers make less than $15. just moving a fraction of those workers to the polls could swing elections all across the country. this movement has been extremely successful. the democratic party has picked up the platform, and you see companies raising their pay to 15 voluntarily. you see politicians like rahm emanuel in chicago going to $13. i think that's all evidence that when workers come together around a simple demand like $15 an hour and the right to form a union, that change can be created. >> our conversation this morning is a

this is a many nighttime rupture in sicily at mount aetna. >> incredible.trongest in years. absolutely incredible to see. >> incredible thing to see and witness as well. i wouldn't want to be anywhere near it. >> neither would i. so good to see you again. thanks. news just na cnn isis claims a husband and wife responsible for the mass shooting in california with two of its supporters. the terror group made the announcement added they pray the couple will be accepted by god as martyrs. u.s. investigators have already said the said the allegiance in a facebook post during wednesday's shooting. authorities have said there is no evidence isis ordered the attack. >> still to come, panicked details of witnesses who were inside a california conference center on wednesday when that massacre happened. tell us what they experienced first hand. stay with us. re eligible for 12 months free at mybreo.com. i provide for my family. i will use my education to help my community. i will inspire our next generation of leaders. i am a college student, but i am only 1%. only 1%

one of the reasons that aetna and humana are interested in merging is because aetna would love to get bigger slice of the medicare high. sigma, itm and is about expanding in the employer market. host: sabrina corlette, our guest from georgetown university. calls are lined up for you. you will start with jean. he is currently uninsured. go ahead with your question or comment. caller: good morning, how are you? let me say this. there is no reason why every american should not have a single-payer. look what happened. republicans are we saying it is socialized medicine. no one mentioned the new health service at all. single we should have a in america.thing most industrial countries in the world do. host: go ahead. , certainlyink leading up to the affordable care act, and even beyond, there are significant numbers of americans that believe that a single-payer would be a much goe simple, more fair way to . , in thisto date congress, there has not been .olitical support for that certainly, one of our presidential candidates, senator has been a major part of his health care platform. i would

. >> the administration points to major insurers, like aetna, kaiser permanente and cigna. say they are still committed to the exchange. officials say obamacare has disrupted the insurance market and claimed it is successfully evolving into an improved expanded health insurance system. will also harming the law is a ban on government payments to insurance companies that agree to cover sicker customers and lose money doing so. supporters say the payments, part of a provision known as risk corridors, prevent dramatic premium increases. brett? >> rich, thank you. >>> federal reserve chair janet yellen told congress today economic conditions are falling into place for a raising of interest rates in two weeks. wall street was not happy with that. or perhaps the jittery security here in the u.s. either way the dow lost 2 52 today. the s&p 500 was off 30. the nasdaq fell 86. >>> former vice president dick cheney returned to'erz the capi today for the unveiling of his official bust by a sculptor. in brief remarks, cheney said he hoped to be remembered as believer in america. vice p

aetna, humana. we think those are more likely than not to close and make a big change in the health care delivery. >> sam, it's steve weiss. let's forget about the last three years when bio tech and health care led. but isn't this the relatively same environment you've been investing in health care basically for your entire career? now there are going to be winners and losers. basically, now you've really got to do your work. but the returns will still be there. for this sector. because it grows every year. is that fair? >> doing your work never changes. it is a treacherous area. you will have losers. there's no doubt. individual investors face a big challenge of picking individual stocks. we can pose a portfolio. >> who are you picks for 2016? >> we have several away from bio tech and pharma. the affordable care act continues to stimulate spending in health care. there are uncompensated care that goes down. we like that. but in addition, you know, some of the more exciting stocks, i continue to lik

this happened, after 7:30 on hockey branch drive-in american aetna 66 year-old, gilbert rochester lay in weighed for mary lane and her mother louise caro. rochester was the estranged husband as she attacked the two as her 87 year-old stepfather watched from the porch. rochester is charged with two counts of first degree murder. >>> trip to the store takes a carry turn for south jersey mom. police a he left her car running at columbus liquor store on white horse pike in magnolia camden county at day night. inn identify her kids between the age of of seven and 11. when she came out of the store the the car was gone. she called police right away and within minutes they have found the car, flipped over, and i should have said audubon. >>> fox 29 viewer shot this video as the the car was flipped back on its wheels and towed away driver was arrested and taken to to the hospital. the kids were also taken to the local hospital. they have scrapes, bruises, but again, they are okay. what a scary scene that was. >> my goodness you just can't leave your car running anywhere, that is for sure. >>>

aetna. limited brands, expedia. these are the best stocks in the market this year.oing by price action actually put me in some major winners, and it's not that i didn't care at all about the fundamentals. it's that i had to let price determine what i was going to do primarily. >> quick note on disney. don't you think it's interesting since november 20th it's actually not done well at all, which is kind of weird when you consider the blockbuster that star wars has turned out to be. maybe all that hype was already built into the stock market. >> look, it's up 25% year-over-year and had a great first half of the year. part of my strategy was getting out of winners after 20% gains to redeploy and getting out of losers quickly. disney was at 20% gain. i sold it. a little bit reluctantly, but because i stuck to that sell discipline, i didn't get any of the subsequent drawdown. i got out almost near the top. again, not on purpose. i set the rules in advance, and i lived with them. whether or not it made me happy or fearful as i operated. >> jim, of course, you were part of

. >>> police identify suspect in the double murder in american aetna gilbert rochester allegedly killed wife and her mother, as they were leaving to go to church sunday morning. police say he was found not far from the scene of the crime on the 300 block of hawking branch road, rochester is being held, without bail. >>> closing arguments are over in the case of the officer william porter, the first of six police officers charged in the deaths of the freddie gray. officer porter faces four charges including manslaughter and misconduct. gray suffered a fatal spinal injury in a police van last april and his death set off days of protests, and riots in baltimore. the the city is bracing as the the jury gets the porter case. >> i think the police are better prepared to handle any situation now but we hope that they don't to have do anything but just their daily job. >> porter faces up to 2,025th years in prison if convicted. >>> a new scare for parents after hundreds of babies may have been exposed to tuberculosis at a california hospital. saint a claire a county official says maternity ward

if united pulls out, cignas, aetnas of the world look at their balance sheet say we're not making profitsis market, still not getting premium increases to we need to make those profits i could see some other peoplep fromming out. >> could see some other people dropping out and that could be the domino that really forces the hand of administration to find some kind of a solution which is leak syive for health care. neil: will they make room? many people would oppose i had but some people would certainly go that way. we already done it. we had risk corridors. that's what that was. neil: you're right about that thank you very much, gerri willis. meantime you would think with the overall health issue and health thing falling apart and republicans saying i told you so and trouble with isis, republicans saying we told you so that their political ship has come in. freedom works ceo would how this on paper would help them. adam, i'm always reminded how adept republicans have been grasping defeat from the jaws of victory. how does it look now. >> thanks for having my. i want to quote james carvill

powering, names like aetna and universal health. it's important.re the three biggest sectors in the s&p financials. back to you, sara. >> don, thank you. let's get over to rick santelli, good morning, rick. >> good morning, sara. i'd like to welcome matt ridley. matt ridley has written several books. one i found fascinating "the evolution of everything: how new ideas emerge." matt, it's so obvious that the world we live in is self-organizing. it creates its own rules on the fly. maybe you can tell me some of the highlights of that dynamic and why it is that the time we live in we see more government and various groups trying to take control of what seems to be self-organizing. is that a good thing? >> well, i don't think it is because i think actually there are wonderful things going on in the world that don't need human design, don't need command and control. think of the english language, for example. or the internet. the internet emerged. it's involved. it came out of the way people interact with each other, and it didn't need somebody to design

united health, aetna, humana, express scripts all moving up by 1% or more in trades so far today. stay with us on cnbc "power lunch." at ally bank no branches equals great rates. it's a fact. kind of like shopping hungry equals overshopping. >>> welcome back. thanks for staying with us on "power lunch." let's get back to the bond market where professor rick santelli is tracking all the action at the cme. how is the bond market looking like after the b graded 30-year auction? >> not a huge change in any of the setup. we say rates maybe just inching up just a little bit, but you really need a magnifying glass as you look at the intraday and two-day of 30-year which we just auctioned but maybe the big talk continues to be about the adjustment process in front of next week's suppose d rate hike. brics like china have had a horrible time. they have to sell reserves to help support their currencies. south africa finance minister, adios, didn't work out well. if you look at the charts of the currency, whether you look at a 1-year for a 20-year, record lows versus the dollar and it isn't

you have aetna now sharply today, united health one of the worst performers on the dow. >> now i'm wondering why utilities are not suffering more if the ten year yield is going up here. what am i missing? >> look at telecom it's only the fourth worst up there, too. >> very interesting. >> president obama speaking out on the san bernardino shooting. john harwood is in washington with more. >> kelly, president obama has been under fire for his stance on terror issues since the paris attacks a couple weeks ago. today flanked by his national security team he spoke out about the killings in san bernardino even as investigators are trying to sift through clues and figure out what it was all about the president indicated simply it isn't definitive at this point. here is the president. >> it is possible that this was terrorist related, but we don't know. it's also possible that this was workplace related and until the fbi has been able to conduct what are going to be a large number of interviews, until we understand the nature of the workplace relationship between the individual and his superiors be

looking at stuff that's biotechy like celgene or even hmos and other style stocks in that group like aetna and universal health care and some of the hospitals like tenet health care are also to the downside. remember, melissa, the last great trade that was out there was stay long the dollar and stay short the euro. that was one of the last crowded trades that are out there, and now that's kind of gone, so that's another thing that's not working for the trading community this year. and biotech was another one. that's generally been working fairly well. it's had some ups and downs and even today you can see that trade also not working. i guess what i'm saying is a lot of trades that are out there, long trades, are not working very well. this long dollar short the euro is one of the last ones that were out there is now everybody, brian, everybody has had a crummy year as a result of the fact that none of the long trades have been working very well. >> let's get back into the news of the day outside of the markets and the markets together which is how much of the folks, the men and women on th

aetna, the big insurer, extended their contract. liz: the government is not being clear.or that essential numbers to get the verdict on the success of obamacare so far. it could be 12 million. stuart: okay. wrapping it up. we had the big board showing a gain of 28 points. we were up 40-50. i am calling this a flat opening. you have to take a look at nike. this is the best performing stock all the dow 30. it is up 55% this year. not bad. refugees in europe. now at 1 million. that is how many have arrived in europe. a police figure in germany says they are not respectful in germany. that is a big deal. john bolton is coming up shortly on what could be the upcoming split in europe. drinking alcohol. beneficial in moderation. yes, it is. welcomed news right before christmas. ♪ stuart: iraqi forces have began to go into a city held by isis. >> romani was captured by isis a few months ago. 55 miles west of baghdad. now very close to taking this city back. within 72 hours, they will have it. using the civilians. human shields. all of those horrible things. it looks like they wil

aetna. it was about a one-hour amazing show. the ash cloud went up higher.t injured. let's bring it back state side. worst weather, miami. it's probably the only place that's going to see a nasty weekend. everybody else, temperatures are warm. by the end of this weekend, i think the know wisnow will be completely gone. this warmth goes from dakota, saturday boston at 51 degrees in no seen of snow. that's bad news for the ski resort. >> that suffered through the last two winters are happy. it's a little too weather in south florida and the pacific northwest. new york city, 50s the next five days in a row. fall endless. more "morning joe" when we come back. staying in rhythm... it's how i try to live... how i stay active. so i need nutrition... that won't weigh me down. for the nutrition you want without the calories you don't... introducing boost 100 calories. each delicious snack size drink gives you... 25 vitamins and minerals and 10 grams of protein. so it's big in nutrition and small in calories. i'm not about to swim in the slow lane. stay strong. stay a

well, right now anthem, significant in a, aetna and huma are all going through a combining process. where those four insurance companies that are national large-scale companies realize they cannot make it under the affordable care act and they're merging into one giant company. to see if they can make it as a giant company. fewer options, fewer choices, centrally controlled health care. how do we turn this back? well, i would tell you in some ways you can't. democrats that pass this and the president have succeeded in permanently changing health care in america. those individual physicians that used to practice individual medicine all over the country that have now merged into larger hospitals, you don't undo that. those individuals that were going to go into medical school but chose not to now, you don't undo that for a generation. these insurance companies that all combined into large groups, you don't undo that. the diagnostic facilities that are going out of business and merging with large hospitals, you don't just quickly undo that. they have succeeded at permanently changing h