is that just for the united health care? >> yes, ma'am. >> so there's contingency reserve for blue shield as well? >> yes, ma'am. >> you said there was additional people to this plan -- early retirees and employees and it looked to me like they were decreased. >> no, actually open enrollment. i don't have the number. would you happen to know the number? the question is how many people did we add in 2016 to uhc >> you don't have open enrollment yet. >> no, for this year. >> i thought this was this year's statistics, no? >> no, this is the end of december. we have added -- oh, okay, they are there. my bad. >> but it went down, it didn't go up. >> wait a second. wait a second. maybe i misstated something. >> the end of 2015. 619 and for the actives? >> we have the expert in the enrollment. >> heather chianello, united health care. i remember looking at the master open enrollment. what happened is we did have post-65 retirees leave the plan because they went into the nppo, the new plan, but we gained, i believe on the actives an

health treatment? >> that is a really good question. each plan has its own process how they determine whether or not a service is medically necessary. >> at 11:00, the investigative unit takes the family struggle to the regulator in charge of protecting health care. how often they find they are improperly denying coverage for mental health services. if you have a tip, give us a call 888-996-tips. >>> coming up, going to make history again. the solar plane on a journey across the world makes another considerable take-off here. we'll show you what happens. ==laura/vo== the "solar impluse two" phoenix -- it took off at three this morning. the solar-powered airplane is now headed to >>> new video this morning. the solar 2. phoenix took off this morning. it is now headed to oklahoma. you may remember the plane taking off from moffett field last week. we covered that last week. it's on a historic trip around the world. its journey started and will nend dubai. >> it will take a couple of months to get there. >> where are we heading to today? >> yesterday we had airport delays at sfo because of the low clouds and fog. we'll watch out for that this morning. may want to call in

several obamacare co-ops collapsed including mutual health partners, forcing nearly 60,000 arizonans scrambling to find new coverage. last month united healthcare, the nation's largest health insurer, announced it will exit the arizona marketplace and leave about 45,000 arizonans to find new coverage in 2017. now as a direct result of the president's failed law, health insurer humana announced it will exit the marketplace in 2017 in my home state. all together, over half of arizona's counties will be left with a single insurer. another third will be left with just two. this will in turn cause premiums to skyrocket even higher than last year. while democrats continue to stand by a failed law, arizona families are bearing the burden. that is unacceptable. more than six years after obamacare was rammed through congress without a single republican vote -- and i was here on the floor on christmas eve morning as it was passed on a strict party-line vote -- democrats are still trying to spin their overhaul of america's health care system. we continue to hear from advocates of obamacare who make their claims that continue to leave me speechl

the insurance companies, it is about the consumers that have nowhere else to purchase health insurance in the unitedtates and finding the offerings with subsidies or without lousy deals. they stay federal government will pick upmost of the premiums. the health care law offers tax credits. for those who qualify, they only paid 4% more last year than the year before. an administration spokesperson tells fox, tax credits reduce the cost for most people. the congressional budget office says this year obamacare helps pay for insurance. those who buy for individual insurance plans outside the government exchanges, 11 million will pay for the increases without government help. americans will select the health insurance plans for next year. they will know what the plans cost, how much the government will help them pay and what they get for their money. one week later, november 8, election day. brett? >> rich, thank you. >>> the supreme court won't weigh in on the minimum wage, for now. they are turning away seattle's $15 an hour law. they sued seattle claiming it discriminated against them, treating them li

united health group c.e.o. sited that the marketplaces were a risky investment and they could not serve these services on an effective and sustained basis. this decision will impact roughly 20,000 more coloradans and beneficiaries of these plans can expect cancellation notices in july. the disappointment and frustration over a canceled plan that your family once enjoyed is made worse by rising costs of the remaining plans. and that's what many americans are facing today. after losing 750,000 of them in colorado, losing their health insurance plans, they were promised they could keep, they now look at the second promise that was made under obamacare, and that is that this will lower the cost of health care. now they're met with a second broken promise, the broken promise of cost. because they were told that they would see reduced costs under obamacare, but yet the colorado division of insurance found that individual insurance premiums for 2016 on the western slope of colorado rose by an average of 25.8%. nearly

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said olympics should go ahead as planned. 150 health experts wrote to the united health agency and called for the games to be relocated. who said it is based on the risk assessment. the olympics games have never been moved because of health concerns. russia said eight of their athletes tested positive for the doping. and the world antidoping agencies still investigating russian doping claims from the 2014 sochi games as well. still ahead. video that you have to see. a raccoon wreaking ha voc. this is in my bathroom. >> serious drama indeed. we'll have the video. and the military families paying respects. and we want to hear from you. and we want to hear from you. what are you thankful mobility is very important to me. that's why i use e*trade mobile. it's on all my mobile devices, so it suits my mobile lifestyle. and it keeps my investments fully mobile... even when i'm on the move. sign up at etrade.com and get up to six hundred dollars. >> as we take time to reflect on those who guav the ultimate sacrifice of freedom. there is a overlooked generation of heroes. mike has the story. >> re

and we'll add unite health care. unh. 've been able to get away with dropping out of the health care exchanges. let's to go ronald in pennsylvania. >> caller: hello, jim. i want to let you know you've been a mentor to me since your kudlow days. i've read all your books and i've watched you religiously. >> you're real kind. thank you very much. thank you. >> caller: we paid for our son's education and retirement and fabulous vacations and it is because of your health. >> you're a good man. i take lot of heat. people ask why i take heat. what ronald just said. i am really helping. that makes me happy. go ahead. >> caller: okay. my five stocks are warehouser, crown castle, enterprise products, apple and coned. >> again, the compliments work for me. especially on a day when i have no voice. like do i every year at this appointment. we ympblerhouser, enterprise, the the best financials of all of them. conedison. tellco tower. utility. oil and gas. technology and lumber. that's perfect. and thank you for the nice comments. let's

said olympics should go ahead as planned. 150 health experts wrote to the united health agency and calledor the games to be relocated. who said it is based on the risk assessment. the olympics games have never been moved because of health concerns. russia said eight of their athletes tested positive for the doping. and the world antidoping agencies still investigating russian doping claims from the 2014 sochi games as well. still ahead. video that you have to see. a raccoon wreaking ha voc. this is in my bathroom. >> serious drama indeed. we'll have the video. and the military families paying respects. and we want to hear from you. what are you thankful for this memorial day weekend. paramedic. the value of nissan's... [safety beeping] intelligent safety shield technologies. whoa! like forward emergency braking that could stop your car for you. save even more with holiday bonus cash this memorial day, during nissan's safety today event. for a limited time, save up to $1,500 on the 2016 nissan rogue with $500 memorial day bonus cash. where can i buy it? sign me up! shop your local nissan s

why are united health care and humana getting out of arizona? they both said they lost money from obamacare plans. they are getting out of there. why is bill gates a top target for al qaeda? catherine herridge is standing by to go "on the record." what is going on on college campuses? a display to honor police vandalized and one student take a stand against those vandals. that's coming up. >>> this is a fox news alert. al qaeda calling on jihadis to assistant american business leaders. the newest edition of al qaeda's english language magazine even naming microsoft founder and billionaire bill gates as a target. catherine herridge is here. what is this call for assassinations? >> well, right. this is sort of the new flavor of terrorism for al qaeda and also for isis. these kill lists. in this particular issue of "inspire" sort of a lifestyle magazine for al qaeda followers, it gives step-by-step instructions for leaders bombs that use magnets to adhere to the base of cars. and then also door trap bombs. it's pretty specific. and it's also about

travelers is the winner. 26, united health. monster. the best performing, why?t pulled out of many of the affordable care act exchanges. unh can afford to do that because all the competitors are seeking government help to merge. etna with humana. they're afraid to drop out. who can blame them? wind fall. unh. i think the stock is worth buying if it pulls back below 100. that's about $1.50 from here. 28, verizon. it yields 4.4%. that's pretty good for what amounts to a growth stock given its hand in the wars. selling more handsets. 29, visa. good quarter. my trust is itching to buy more. this is one of those companies with tremendous exposure to foreign currency. and look, these numbers could explode if the dollar does go down. it's not expensive. to where it has historically been. i like it here. the ceo, good job. finally walmart. this is tough. is it like macy's? kohl's? is it amazon road kill? i can't tell. by offering what i would say lost leaders and huge discounts. you spend a certain. a money. there it needs to be clearly articulated about how kit beept a

earlier this year reported operating losses about 3 to 4% last year and its rival united health t biggyaid it will exit most of obamacare exchanges in extrayenext year. >> andland dowdy joins us. >> the street is looking for earnings of five cents per share on refb of 52 million dollars. beyond the numbers. same shack sales. menu innovations went over well and are expected to give comps a nice boost. second, costs. commodity costs and rising labor costs are big proponents in the report and will likely put pressure on margins so listen for commentary on that and if shack is still on pace to hit expansion goals of opening 13 new restaurants in the u.s. in 2016 and the third thing to watch. is it stock. shares have had a tough year. down about 47%. in the past three years revenue increased almost 250% but net income has gone down. i love they calm call them same shack sales. it is so hard to same. >> shame shack sales same shack -- no i can't do it. that's well done. >> they are so far off the peek of about 90 bucks. that's been a fall. thank you. >>> apple telling re/code in a report toda

united health and aetna down less than 1%.ana ending down almost 2% on that tough earnings report. >>> meanwhile, in the u.k., the labour party candidate has been elected the first muslim mayor of london. victory after british prime minister david cameron's accusations that khan shared a platform with a, quote, isis supporter. >> the honorable member has appeared with him nine times. this man supports i.s. he shared a platform. mr. speaker, i think they are shouting down this point because they don't want to hear the truth. jo ling: lots of controversy there. meanwhile, european shares falling today with steel maker and hedge fund group among the worst performers there, the ftse ending up slightly in the green. >>> alert here, apple not working with the fbi to unlock a terrorist iphone, but taking meetings reportedly with communist china to drum up struggling business. my next guest says ceo tim cook is helping the wrong people. >>> and speaking of apple, the mayor of cupertino where apple is headquartered is calling the compa

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meanwhile united health by getting out of these exchanges not worried about the government approvingjust blown away the numbers. these guys obviously are -- they want the government to like them. they're not getting out of the deals. >> no, they're not getting out of the exchanges. >> these stocks would all be much higher -- >> the spread in these deals is so enormous there's not much play in them because of how long it's going to take and just the concern. to jim's earlier points about monsanto and antitrust earlier that this is going to be a tough one. we'll see. >> yeah, i mean, i think they're going to have to make some conditions that they're going to stay in these affordable health care. >> yeah. >> because right now united health pulls out of anywhere they can't make money. and because congress has been unable to adjust, they don't want to play. >> you can't do anything to deal with the aca except overthrow it i suppose. >> how about monsanto up only six? what does that tell you? >> well, it's 108 on a 122 deal on monsanto. it's over 15% discount, but it would take 9 to 12 mon

first, many say it's been a tough few weeks for obamacare with the country's largest insurer, united healthout of the marketplace and another, blue cross/blue shield, saying the people that do sign up are too sick and expensive. meanwhile, the presidential candidates have proposed changes to the current healthcare system, like donald trump who wants to scrap obamacare completely and replace it with something. he's just not sure exactly what. [ laughter ] >> obamacare is number one and maybe least importantly it's costing the country a fortune. it's also a very bad form of -- it's very bad. i want the take care of everybody. you have a group of people that aren't able to take care of themselves. >> how do you do that? >> i can't even imagine -- we're going to have to work out some kind of a deal with hospitals where they can get some help. if they're really sick, and they have no money, i want to help the person -- >> how do you do that, though? >> we're going to have to work out some kind of a very, very smart deal with hospitals. >> you're saying obamacare -- >> it's got go to. >> it's got

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first, united health care. a stock already broken out to the upside. this breakout level 126, that's now going to be support. i think you can take the height of the range, $16, measure that from the breakout point. you get a level of about 142. we think it gets there. and finally, facebook. can't talk about momentum without talking about facebook. and here's what i see in the chart. after all this volatile behavior in the market, facebook, through all that, was able to hold its 200-day moving average through all of it. so, yes, a little bit near term overbought, but i think as long as you're above the 200 day, the pullback, stock continues to work. >> ari, if you're expecting a breakout in momentum, should we necessarily believe there could be a slowdown in value, or whatever the opposite index would be? >> not necessarily. actually, that's not true. momentum doesn't equal growth. in fact, they say the best mix is having a mix of both momentum and value. we think value continues to work as well. you want to buy momentum. >> ari wald of oppenheimer. tha

californiahealthline.org reports united health group has added the golden state to the list of exchangest is leaving because of major losses. tonight it turns out republican lawmakers are not the only people with major reservations about how president obama has funded his signature health care law. correspondent rich edson tells us the administration's experts have their own issues with obamacare. >> reporter: an unusual secretive meeting. according to irs employee, to a former irs employee, fisher told the congressional committee, quote, we were given a memo to read. we were instructed we were not to take notes and we would not be keeping the memo. fisher says that memo provided the administration's legal justification for the way the white house wanted the government to pay for a particular obamacare subsidy. fisher disagreed. he said the irs commissioner john coskin overruled him and sided with the white house. the republicans charged the administration decided to move forward with these payments despite objections from irs experts. in a statement, chairman kevin brady of the house wa

united health. others have done well.this could have implications as to how the stocks perform within the next 12 months for sure. this is an under the radar thing that a lot of people haven't talked about until she brought us this today. >> right. a lot of the names have been on for a trade on my radar, scott. they haven't been on for a long term investment at all. >> because? >> big trades over the last three years. >> in anticipation of obama care and sort of the -- and the orientation of it early on. >> and now the realization that just as bertha said, an lot of folks that are sick are on these plans and a lot of the other folks are not wanting to be part of the exchanges and so forth. that is something they have to get as she said, a lot more healthy folks into the mix otherwise these plans are going to go down zblment you love health care. >> i do. >> you say stel staples. sell starbucks. >> sell staples and starbucks. no, sell consumer staples, buy h health care. that's the call. we have a chart. i don't know if yo

unit exclusive. we have laws that call for equal coverage of physical and mental health. the stigma disappearing but people with severe mental illnesses are facing road blocks to critical treatment. a south bay family reached out to the investigative unit after their health plan denied coverage of their daughter's eating disorder treatment. doctors and psychiatrists recommended intensive therapy but the health plan's medical team determined care was, quote, not medically necessary. the family paid more than $100,000 to get their daughter the help they believe she needs. >> besides being hurt and frustrated and angry, i wonder if my daughter had a medical illness would it have been different? >> why are health plans continuing to deny coverage for critical mental health treatment? >> that is a really good question. each plan has its own process for how they determine whether or not they think a service is medically necessary. >> tonight at 11:00, the investigative unit takes the family struggle to the regulator in charge of protecting health care rights. we'll reveal how of

the zika virus clearly poses a great threat to public health, not only in the united states, but around the globe. it's become increasingly important that we, the congress, act to protect our most vulnerable, particularly infants and pregnant women, from the risks of this disease. our response must be urgent, direct and strategic. targeted at preventing the further spread of this disease. the bill before you today provides $622.1 million to fight this dangerous virus. it prioritizes critical activities that must begin immediately, such as vaccine development and mosquito control. i was glad to see that the administration took our committee's advice and redirected $589 million from less urgent needs to fund immediate actions to respond to zika. this was and is the most immediate source of funding in the fight against zika. but given the severity of the crisis, it's clear we must do more. the funds within this legislation will continue the department of health and human services' and the department of state's critical efforts to fight the spread of this harmful disease for the rest of the

>> right now at 11:00 frightening first for the united states. health officials couldn't philadelphia international airporting pennsylvania woman contracted a super bug resistant to common antibiotics. how doctors were able to treat her. >>> and new jersey lawmakers vote to ban smoking on public beaches and in parks. why governor christie is not convinced he wants it to be law. >>> but first, hello summer temperature. the heat and humidity arrived even with the sun out people looking for ways to cool off. >> i'm jessica dean. >> i'm ukee washington. the heat was on today and it's about to get hotter. kate it's like somebody flip the switch. >> it feel like we've been feeling cool temperatures through the month of may. suspecting it was going to feel like jumping right into summer as soon as we got the clouds to break and we move out that cool pattern. that's what happened. we dove head first 92 summer yesterday. today was even warmer. temperatures 75 in dover. 74 in cherry hill right now. in philadelphia we're sitting at 76 degrees. take look at allento

rival united health one of the largest said it will exit most of obamacare exchanges next year.inn energy, the oil and gas producer has about 10 billion in debt. founded in 2003, went public in 2006. so it is a -- it is leaving. it is gone. 13 years and the epitaph. and nissan is reportedly gearing up to take a stake in mitsubishi buying out about a third of the company in a deal worth nearly $2 billion. after of course mitsubishi admitted to overstating the fuel economy of a number of its models and the purchase would make nissan mitsubishi's largest shareholders. >> they say it gets like 45 miles to the gallon and it's only like 18. >> yeah. unless you are going downhill. much better. >> you know when i went to school. >> you walked. >> it was uphill. >> both ways. >> exactly. >> in the snow. >> there are golf courses, i've seen them. spy glass. it is all uphill. weird. mails sis. mines investor confidence on the street. and wreaking havoc. we'll hear from kohls and ralph lauren. and the some more stuff. did you know what was going to happen yesterday. >> i thought macy's migh

>> right now at 11:00 frightening first for the united states. health officials couldn't philadelphia international airporting pennsylvania woman contracted a super bug resistant to common antibiotics. how doctors were able to treat her. >>> and new jersey lawmakers vote to ban smoking on public beaches and in parks. why governor christie is not convinced he wants it to be law. >>> but first, hello summer temperature. the heat and humidity arrived even with the sun out people looking for ways to cool off. >> i'm jessica dean. >> i'm ukee washington. the heat was on today and it's about to get hotter. kate it's like somebody flip the switch. >> it feel like we've been feeling cool temperatures through the month of may. suspecting it was going to feel like jumping right into summer as soon as we got the clouds to break and we move out that cool pattern. that's what happened. we dove head first 92 summer yesterday. today was even warmer. temperatures 75 in dover. 74 in cherry hill right now. in philadelphia we're sitting at 76 degrees. take look at allento

this after 150 health experts wrote the united nations health agency calling for the games to be postponedrelocated "in the name of public health." the w.h.o. says its decision is based on a very careful risk assessment. the olympic games have never been moved over medical concerns. >>> crews going through the wreckage of a world war ii plane that crashed into the hudson river. the thunder bolt is being examined as part of that investigation. it went down friday night between new york city and new jersey. the pilot, 56-year-old william gordon, was killed this that crash. his body has been recovered. >>> the national park service is bracing for record crowds this summer and could cap attendance. yellow stone is among the parks planning to survey customers as to what limitations they might accept. this leading to a lack of bathrooms and parking spaces, it's not clear how the parks would make up for lost revenue. >>> i'm jackie ibanez. now back to "red eye." >>> executive editor of the huffington post, liz heron, posted a photo to twitter and asked, notice anything about our huffington post e

united health, one of the largest providers in the country, has been forced off the exchanges in numerous states. just last week we had the news back home that moda health was going to be withdrawing from the alaska market in 2017. what that means, mr. president, is that we will be a state with only one option in the individual market next year. so what that means for the some 14,000 alaskans that are currently on a moda plan, they're going to be forced to change insurers next year, imu i guess it's -- but i guess it's an easy choice when you only have the choice of one on the individual market there. then we saw the court find that the administrative payments of the cost-share option was unconstitutional, so we can only assume that that's going to exacerbate problems. this week there was an article about the ever-shrinking market for rural areas. and the article mentioned a small business owner in kodiak, alaska, a book keeper who is worrying about what the price of premiums will be when you're left with only one option. and see makes this statement. hey says, "it's going to be -- it's g

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unit exclusive. did you know that we have laws that call for equal coverage of physical and mental health? the stigma is starting to disappear but people with severe mental illness are still facing road blocks to critical treatment. this family reached out to the investigative unit after their health plan denied coverage for their daughter's eating disorder treatment. doctors and psychiatrists recommended intensive therapy but they determined that the care was not, quote, medically necessary. the family paid more than $100,000 to get their daughter the help they believe she needs. >> besides being hurt and frustrated and angry, i wonder if my daughter had a medical illness, would it have been different? >> why are health plans continuing to deny coverage for critical mental health treatment? >> that's a really good question and each plan has its own process for how they determine whether or not they think a service is medically necessary. >> tonight at 11:00, the investigative unit takes this family's struggle to the regulator in charge of protecting health care rights. we reveal how often

guess what, states or of the country, throughout the united decimated mental health programs.ple scramble to find anything. where do these people and up? in the jails and prisons and it has been going on now for decades. to featuret seems that there is a recognition that too many people are going to jail, especially those with psychiatric problems. that can be resolved only with reforms and improved mental health services outside prison. both things feel a long way off. laura: the mentally ill who languish in america's jails. now to a dramatic representation of our history. the kennedy center has rolled out a three-week celebration of irish history and culture marking the centenary of the british -- english rising. the bbc was given an artistic tour. >> welcome everyone at last. the 100 year since the irish rising which is the incident that again our path, our walk to freedom. it was an audacious moment in history. the tiny country with group of intellectuals during to take on the mightiest in higher in the world. they did not win their battle but they did win their freedom. t

affordable care act, firmly that this is the step we need today take in order to expand health care in these united states to at least 80 million more people. having said that, if we had universal health care and universal access was to inferior and discriminatory care you would still end up with disparity that is i'm describing in this book. access has been the focus for the past 25 years, the first generation of documenting health disparities and understanding the extent of those health disparities, that's the work that had to go before so that all of the statistics i quoted about cancer disparities, diabetes disparities and death rate for infants, their copious. we thought that once we described the problem and got people access to health care it would change these disparities and inequalities, it has not. 80% of the disparity measures for health quality haven't moved in 25 years, right, so pardon me, but some of my best friends are conservatives, but conservatives like to point thoth fact that we are narrowing the life expectancy gap, right, it's still the case if you're a black man you're goin

and mental health units are often underfunded and understaffed.nd rapids, michigan, lansing hodges spent most of his stay in segregation, locked in a one-man cell 23 hours per day. >> i've been in administration segregation unit for four months now. there's not much to do, write, read, do a couple of push-ups and sleep most of the day. i sleep probably for like ten hours of the day, you know. these are my flip-flops on the floor. people throwing feces and stuff. i would rather not put my hands on the floor. >> hodges was serving time on convictions for domestic violence and for pushing his pregnant girlfriend to the ground and threatening her with a knife. within days of his arrival. he was removed from general population and placed in disciplinary segregation for two back-to-back incidents, in which he was deemed a threat to himself and to others. >> i'm in seg because i got into a fight and i have a violent history. and i can't, i can't leave because i got, had suicide watch because i threw myself down the stairs when i first came. >> then he we

what this tells you, united health group, the nation's largest medical insurer.an't make money on obamacare. that's a billion dollars for a company that should be able to make it and can't. you see a lot of trouble for insurers. it will end up give them more money for giving subsidies to people on obamacare. you know democrats are going to go for that. martha: when this whole thing went down, insurance companies were supposed to be protected. republicans got rid of so-called risk corridors. now the insurers are highly exposed. at the end of the day it's not just affecting the cost for people on obamacare. it's for people with healthcare insurance from an employer are also seeing their costs rise too because of the cadillac plan tax. everybody's costs are going up in direct contravention to the promises the president made. do you remember the president promised you would pay no more for obamacare coverage than you would for a cell phone. that it wouldn't add a dime to the deficit. if you look at those promises it's astonishing what he thought he would be able to a

units. but we got the impression that the environmental health unit is meeting its needs and meeting expectations and then we heard specifically on food safety. we have 35 inspectors looking at food safety, 7500 restaurants and food trucks and hot dog stands that they go and inspect a year, giving all the ratings and very high satisfaction rates from both the community as well as the restaurants. and i think the most important thing is they go out in a multi cultural way in chinatown and then the mission and give detailed training on how to provide safe food. and it's really building capacity which goes beyond and helps with prevention rather than being strictly a licensing or permitting division, which really makes our food safety program really unique. so these are two things that we lerd. i think that we (inaudible) do what they do and part of our annual review of environmental health. >> thank you, commissioners, questions to commissioner pating? seeing none, was there any public comment? >> there is no public comment request feir this item. >> item 6 is a resolution in support of vision zero

united health care motion it's a benefit plan employer groups can purchase and it includes a fitnesshose -- that benefit plan is tied to participation in walking. so you can earn money into health savings account by merely walking at work. 10,000 steps a day and 3,000 steps in 307 minutes and employees can earn up to 1460 per year into hsa account by tracking on activity tracker. it's a great program. it also helps employer keep lower premiums. so it's a really win, win situation for employer as well as employee. we're happy to do that. >> in the last couple years we've seen the fitness tck them and there's like different brands and different companies coming out with these and so did you guys feel like this was something had you to to jump on board with. >> we d we do a lot in wellness arena my job is fully dedicated to helping employees live healthier lives and the fitness track rerz good at tracking activity and track how sedentaryy you are. >> how much works goes into it if it requires too much work i'm on the lazy side. >> i hear you. >> less is better for me. >> yeah, simple. t

health. >> reporter: and you went so far as to call that unethical. >> it's unethical and irresponsible to knowingly put people in harms way. >> reporter: the united nation's world health organization is unconvinced. in response to dr. igel and his colleagues, it said: >> reporter: the centers for disease control and prevention agrees the games should go on as planned, but urges pregnant women not to travel to areas with zika virus transmission. >> the concern, think of those who are pregnant. thank you 0 so much. well, there's more turmoil surrounding the trump campaign this weekend. against police and trump supporters in southern california, and democratic presidential candidate bernie sanders is pushing for a debate with trump. julianna goldman has the campaigns covered. >> then he changed his mind and said yes, then he changed his mind and said no. >> reporter: in an interview for "face the nation," bernie sanders said he doesn't know why donald trump backed away from debating him. >> maybe we'll get a call in five minutes where he'll say yes again. i think that is who donald trump is. >> reporter: trump released a statement yesterday saying it was ina