first, let me say, bertha, very classy.seriously, bowel movement thing, fr very classy, especially from an organization receiving your and my tax dollars. good to see america doing business with upstanding groups and upstanding people. in fairness, i don't want to imply in any way, shape or form, far be it for me to imply that the president has any kind of connection between him and acorn. i don't want to imply. that i'll instead let the president just tell you himself. >> i definitely welcome acorn's input. you don't have ask me about that. i'd call you even if you didn't ask me. since being in thenate i've been a partner with acorn as well. i've been fighting with them on issues you care about my entire career. >> glenn: maybe why he didn't call me, he may be on the phone with acorn. we are talking about bertha lewis and her comments to the young democratic socialists of america. listen this. >> this rise of the tea party, so-called movement, bowel move memovement. >> glenn: again, classy. this is where the media's focuss

bertha coombs at the nasdaq. which, bertha, as mark pointed out, that's our one green arrow here. >> tech is the apple of our eye. apple the stock of the day, blowing away the street yesterday with its fiscal second quarter. $3 billion in profits, nearly double from last year. and way more iphone sales, nearly 9 million iphones sold. we're talking mcdonald's numbers here. and this morning the numbers are getting even bigger as far as the price. stocks traded at about $265 in after-hour trading yesterday, looks to open at $260. deutsche bank is raising its price target. yahoo! also putting in a nice quarter as well, partly because of $35 million in payments with the pact with microsoft, the search pact starting to kick in. it's set to open higher. huntington banc shares posted its first profit in over a year with easing loan losses also looking higher this morning. gilead is a loser on its earnings. first quarter topped on broads, but it now sees about $200 million on impact from health care rebates. at 9:30, davi

la activista bertha soler dijo que la seguridad del estado les advirtiÓ que no podÍan desfilar sin pediratar lo que ustedes dicen verbalmente. >> cuba han sido blanco de fuertes crÍticas por el acoso a las damas de blanco y la muerte del preso polÍtico zapata tras los dÍas de huelga de hambre. >> alan garcÍa estÁ en el ojo del huracÁn nuevamente. >> un escÁndalo de corrupciÓn t. esta hallÓ el aÑo pasado sigue persiguiendo miembros del gobierno y autoridades judiciales y policiales. las pruebas de los delitos que contenÍan las computadoras fueron alteradas o cambiadas. la fiscalÍa y el poder judicial intercambian acusaciones por la responsabilidad de esta pÉrdida. >> creo que la criminalidad organizada tiende a desacreditar esta fiscalÍa para evitar que se siga investigando. >> las especies entregadas al poder judicial son las que el poder judicial tienen grano son las que fueron materia de la incautaciÓn. >> nadie se responsabiliza. por un lado se acusa a un alto jefe policial. >> yo rechazo eso. creo que estamos frente a un escÁndalo más grave. >> a este congresista el escÁndalo le recu

bertha cc ooombs has the story. >> according to equalar and some health care firms this proxy season reporting higher costs in 2009. in its proxy statement file would the sec wellpoint said it was advised to spend $150,000 on extra personal security for ceo angela brawley last year "in light of growing concerns as a result of the health care debate." the company provided her with additional protection including security enhanced vehicle and in-home security. compensation consultants called the detail of the disclosure unusual. >> i think they wanted to make it clear to their shareholders that, you know, this was being done in response to a real concern and not something that they arbitrarily decided to provide as an additional benefit. >> in fact, this morning a wellpoint spokesman told me it just wasn't ms. brouly several executives received threatening e-mails, phone calls and even a home visit. certainly drug manufacturers have also been targeted in the summer of 2009, the chairman of novartis saw his vacation home in europe burned. arsonists are suspected and those arsonists are

bertha coombs at earnings central with a revenue rundown. revenue not so much or at least not usually. >> reporter: exactly, about 14% of the s&p, reporting, as of this morning the blended revenue growth rate is projected to be up about 11% for the first quarter. that's about the same as where we started quarter. looking at results in from 69 companies now, actual revenue growth is up right now about 5%. that's where we are. the surprise factor, they're beating by about 4%. 65% have been beating in the overall s&p 500 by 4%, but financials have really been the standout here. take a look at the difference here. we've had 15 companies reporting so far. that's about 20% of the financials. and goldman sachs' results this morning, certainly, really had a major impact. blended revenue growth for the group is now projected to be up about 5%. that's up from 3% just yesterday. that's up from 1% just a couple of weeks ago before the start of earnings season, and while fewer companies have beaten, only about 40% have beaten on revenues, the interesting

bertha, how are we looking at the nasdaq? >> positive territory and have stalled out. we got ca after warning it is going to be cutting and restructuring and taking 50 million charges coming off the low and still the biggest drag on the nasdaq. vo vodfone not far behind and not sure when things will be resolved over the verizon merger. apple goes ahead and puts in a new 52-week high moving off the lows this morning. he would like to see the iphone on the rur sizen network. take a look at some of its rivals this morning. they have really been what's holding things up here in terms of big cap tech. research in motion strong today and amazon strong today and the networking gear makers are strong after at&t says it will extend its networking effort by $1 billion. move on to sharon now over at the imax. >> we're waiting for data to come out from the energy department and monthly short-term outlook should be momentarily. a month ago they expected oil prices to be above $80 a barrel this spring, $82 a barrel on average by the end of the year. we topped $89 earlier today. righ

i'm bertha coombs. ben bernanke speaking to the dallas regional chamber about the economic challenges, past, present and future. he says the economy continues to operate well below its potential. the reduction in the deficit is neither practical nor advisable. the chairman says that shouldn't prevent us from presenting a credible plan that could actually lead to lower rates and help the economic recovery. ultimately with an aging population resulting in rising medicare and social security costs, bernanke said we're going to have to make tough choices which may include raising taxes and/or trimming entitlements. reducing the jobless rate later this year, he said he's particularly concerned that 40% of the unemployed have been out of the job market more than six months because the loss of skills makes it hard for them to reenter and this will weigh on the recovery. housing, mortgage delinquencies are a concern on financial regulation. he said it's important not to impede sound lending practices. the fed p

. >> fascinating stuff, bertha. >>> well, the state of ohio like a majority of states is tightening the financial belt in trying to close a 3.6 billion fiscal gap. the treasurer of ohio is cutting where he can, including his own salary. he is hoping to get ohioans control of their budgets. we are joined by the treasurer of ohio. you have made cuts to help the state, and can you give us a state of the state status? >> well, we learned it cannot be business as usual and when we reviewed the pension funs and saw 30% loss in asset value, we thought that the role could be significantly to reduce the fees and costs to manage the pension funds and fortunately, we were able to undertake a process that will save the pension fund members for the state of ohio 63% on fees and administrative costs or $20 million over the biennial in fees and costs. >> as far as spending cuts, are you pulling in -- where else are you pulling in to try to get your arms around that deficit? >> well, you know, we wanted to lead by example, and the first thing we did is that i started with asking the governor and the le

joining me, my co-host for the hour, bob pisani, bertha coombs is at the nasdaq, sharon epperson, rickan teller in chicago. ahead, team, how are you? big name retailers on the move today, bob. what can you tell us? >> everybody's all salivating and arguing about the jobs

. >>> let's get to the market action bertha coombs is kicking it off at the nasdaq market site. >> fueled in part by apple which hits yet another milestone today. this morning the stock hit 272 that put its marketkeep at $252 billion and for a time this morning given the way the s&p looks at the market valuation cap evaluation, apple actually surpassed microsoft. microsoft selling off on the back of its earnings report despite strong report, there were some concerns about some weakness in some sales figures. amazon, as well, on the guidance. amazon hit that $550 mark. ebay continuing to sell-off with. let's head down to the nimax. >> gold touching that 1155 level and we are looking at commodities that have turned around here in this session as we look at some of the commodity etfs and look at the uso both higher as the we see commodities rally. as you look at gold prices, the effect of the euro balance that has aided gold prices today, as we have been talking about the greece situation and as we see that balance, we've also seen gold hit record high in terms of prices in euro terms. that

i'm bertha coombs. a couple stocks on the move. eli lilly this morning beating on its earning but cutting its 2010 outlook, blaming the health care reform bill. they say it's going to be good for seniors on medicare, but it's going to mean big costs in the short-run for lilly. it will cost between $600 million and $700 million in revenues between higher retirees drug costs and higher government rebates. >>> boston scientific got fda approval to go back into the defibrillator market last week, but jpmorgan says over the weekend, surveying doctors, they expect bsx to lose more than seven points of market share while some of the products remain sidelined. we're going to be right back. i switched to commodities. there's even more volatility in markets like gold and crude oil, and i can go long or short any time, with no special rules. commodities? yeah, and commodities always have value, unlike some stocks. well, how'd you get started? lind-waldock. call lind-waldock, the premier futures broker, at 800-445-2000 and see if commodities a