as bertha coombs reports, that can mean difficult choices for patients. >> the long island breast cancerurvivor can't find one with her doctor in network but she's accepted that. >> i'll give up my oncologist and find someone to follow me and as heartbreaking as that is, i'm going to do it. >> she doesn't want to change medications after a bad experience was a generic, but can't find a plan that covers brand drug famara which costs about $700 a month. >> the goal of that drug is to keep the cancer at bay. it's to suppress the estrogen. we know my cancer was fed by estrogen. so i don't want to play games was that drug into close to one-third here of aca exchange plans limit coverage of cancer and hiv drugs according to a study requiring patients pay up to 40% of the cost of the drugs out of pocket. most employer plans aren't as restrictive, but like narrow doctor networks, brand drug limits are are becoming more common. >> if you can narrow the networks, you can give bigger discounts. we're balancing access and affordable. >> cva and express scripps which negotiate prices for large employ

bertha coombs has more. annemarie ciccarella needs a new health plan. the network, but she'e'accepted and as heartbreaking as that is, i'm going to do it." she doesn't want to change medications, after a bad with a generic... but can't find a plan that covers brand drug femara, which can cost month. close to one-e-hird of mid-tier a-c-a exchange plans limit coverage of branded cancer and h-i-v drugs, according to an avelere health study... "requiring patients to pay up to 40-percent for those drugs out-of-pocket. most employer plans aren't as restrictive... but like narrow doctor networks... brand drug limits are becoming more common." "if you can actually nnrow the networks, you can give bigger discounts. we're constantly balancing access and affordability." cvs and express scripts... which negotiate prices for large employers and insurers... increasingly use their approved drug lists-- or formularies --to demand makers. "when they start wielding the power and saying 'we're before really all the data is in, or um, and so forth, i think malley says most

let's check out the action at the nasdaq where we find bertha coombs with the latest there.t's driving trade today? >> we are seeing pretty much an overall move to the upside across the board on the nasdaq and all of the sectors, but gopro having great karma. the stock surging after announcing you will be able to control the cameras via the apple watch. that's spurring some speculation apple could buy the sports came cameramaker. meantime, twitter another former high flyer today moving higher, seeing its biggest daily gain in two months. it's looking to serve up ads to people who don't log into twitter. the big cap momentum names, the f.a.n.g. players, are mixed. no boston from the golden globe nominations for amazon or netflix. another stock that we've been watching moving higher, smith & wesson. this stock has been on a tear. today at a historic high. right now just off of that but hitting a historic high, tyler, above $23 a share. >> all right. bertha coombs, thank you very much. >>> let's move to the powerhouse, home to the city of lakes. we are headed to a great city, m

let's get to bertha coombs at the -- see, bertha, you go downtown and we gain 4%.happens. >> certainly a much larger than expected drawdown when it came to the eia inventories of nearly 6 million barrels. a number of analysts think that part of this is just the refiners down on the gulf coast squaring away their inventories and drawing down to try to reduce their tax obligations on the state level. nonetheless, we have seen pretty much throughout the oil complex today things moving higher and we're seein ing wti nymex crude few pennies above brent. that premium seems to be shifting back to the way it used to be when wti was higher. tomorrow we will get nat gas inventories. with warm weather continuing to be forecast well into the new year here in the east coast, we're not expecting to see much demand and we're expecting to see an injection tomorrow. normally we see a withdrawal of about 125 billion cubic feet for this week. >> i heard if you're bad this year, santa is putting natural gas in your stocking instead just because it's cheaper. can you confirm that? is t

bertha coombs. >> nat gas withdrawal, a little more bullish than expected.illion cubic feet. the average, 25. that compares to the average over the last five years of 120 billion cubic feet with the record temperatures. which are seeing nat gas for the first time on the expectation it will be cooler, particularly west of the rockies, starting in the new year. we nay smay see a little bit of heating demand. they are on pace for the seventh down year in the last ten. sarah, back to you. >> it has been a brutal period. the holiday travel rush well underway with millions of americans expected to take a trip this holiday season. bad weather is reeking havoc for thousands of air passengers in the northeast yesterday and into today. our hampton pierson live at reagan national airport in d.c. what's the update? >> from our friends at flightaware.com, right now, as of about 15 minutes ago, nationwide, about 600 delays, a little shy of two dozen cancellations. that's in a universe of on any given day, 21,000 flights nationwide. most of the problems are primarily at th

bertha coombs is at the nymex with details on that. >> it was an eye opener. analysts were looking for a build when it comes to inventories. we saw 5.9 million barrel drawdown despite the fact that we actually saw a build in supplies at the wti nymex. that spent the entire complex higher today. and what a lot of traders are saying is a relief rally. a number of the gulf refiners are probably drawing down their inventories to try to reduce their tax exposure on a local basis. we continue to see crude slightly above brand. traders are betting that's going to continue into the new year. they have more surprise coming from iran. as you look into the new year, who's going to blink first and really cut back on production? >> that's a good point. our next guest says they cannot be accurate in the near term. no kidding. investors should focus on what they can control. >> he is brian youngberg joining us now. good to see you. welcome. >> thanks for having me. >> you're going to get these volatile swings anyway based on inventory or pronouncements from opec or whatever.

i'm bertha coombs at the nymex. a much bigger draw when it comes to crude stocks.l -- i want to make sure i get this right. a withdrawal of nearly 5.9 million barrels of crude. a build of 1 million barrels of gasoli gasoli gasoline. what was interesting is the huge drop in imports, down 1 million barrels. we saw an increase at cushing of more than 2 million barrels. that does pressure wti and nymex. brent is lower than nymex for the first time in four years since the start of the arab spring insurgency in the middle east. that could start changing that dynamic in terms of what those producers use and refiners use down on the gulf coast. now over to sharon epperson. >>> thanks. here's your news update at this hour. australian police say they have arrested two more men as part of an operation that thwarted a potential attack by home grown islamic militants last year on government buildings. that brings to 13 the number of people arrested in the ongoing investigation. >>> a man was pulled out alive 60 hours after a landslide hit in southern china. rescuers using senso

>>> the nasdaq composite falling for a third day in four along with the other major averages, bertha coombs keeping an eye on that. >> today it's really a question of the small caps dragging things lower, in particular biotechs no real lift for biotechs and they are among the biggest drags here at the nasdaq. large cap techs you heard the story about netflix and xpi which is getting set to ring the closing bell after completing its free scale merger today. apple down for the fourth day and even though it's a record merger year there ares those regulatory hurdles and the ftc has come out in opposition of the office depot staples deal. the ftc staying they worry about it eliminating competition as far as large companies being able to get good pricing on their office supplies. back to you. >> bertha, thank you very much. >> that one has me scratching my head. they are not going to let office depot and staples? what about amazon? >> too few operators in that industry. >> i need to read more about it. >> 12 minutes to go, the dow making a little bit of a come back, down 015. >> you would make a

bertha coombs with another tradition. the settling of gold. >> the settling of gold.ight on time at 12:30 eastern. we've got gold today edging higher, but for the week gold breaks a two-week winning streak. essentially you've got the dollar a touch weaker. a lot of traders say they are seeing folks settle their accounts here. gold, though, is doing better if you start taking a look at some of the other commodities. silver is the winner for the week. up about 2%. take a look at gold versus the dollar. this has really been the story. when you look at gold down for the third straight year, it is off less than 10% here, and could still make up some ground next week if you get a bit of a santa claus rally. compared with the industrial metals, compared with energy, that's a relative outperformance. down less than 10% paired to a 30% decline for copper and for the energy patch. not a great year for gold. relatively in the commodities space, it's not a bad performer. back to you. >> should i start the silver and gold chorus? is. >> silver lining. >> i have been driving people

. >> let's get out to bertha coombs who joins us from the nasdaq. >> morgan stanley today talking aboutch companies and not terribly favorably. apple right now a part of the reason that nasdaq is dragging quite a bit, morgan stanley is cutting its price target on apple from $152 to $143 a share. they still see some gains, but they see lower iphone sales here in the december quarter than they originally had thought. still it's price target you take a look at apple still implies 30% upside until next year. apple on pace for its worst year since 2008 after having hit that all time high back on april 28th. gopro definitely hit a sell over at morgan stanley. they cut their rating on the stock, cut their price target as well. gopro today hitting an all time low since going public back in 2014, about 28% below it's ipo price. morgan stanley basically says they think there's going to be a lot of inventory there and they see delays on some of their new product launches. stuff day for gopro. back to you. >> thank you, bertha. >>> heading to the close we have ten minutes left. it's later than it's