united-health group may stop offering coverage to individuals through public exchanges. exchanges.the insurer's withdrawal would force about five-hundred-40-ththsand americans to find coverage from another provider.the affordable healthcare act requires every american to have health insurance.but insurance providers are not required to pticipate in federal and state exchanges. the company says it will determine next year if they can continue in 20-17. now a cbs 2 consumer alert... alert...the c-d-c is reporting a lmonella outbreak linked to cucumbers imported from mexico.the agency says four people have already died, while 800 people have gotten sick in 38-states, including seven in iowa.two separate recalls of mexican cucumbers were issued in september. coming up on the cbs 2 news at noon, how much an average lkswagen says i iwill limit investments to cover costs in its growing emissions scandal. scandal.the automaker plans to cut investments by more than one billion dollars, but it's not clear if that will include jobs.volkswagen is under fire for admitting some of its

united health group is planning to pull the plug on affordable care services after taking a big hit to its bottom line. the company will make a decision about 2017 coverage in the coming year. insurance companies are not tired participate in federal and state exchanges. >>> it is now 4 :16. good morning, everyone. here a look at the maps and what you can't tell and i just turned on, this is the radar. this means everywhere is getting soaked so please leave early today because that rain will slow you down. expressway looks fine. pike moving along in a decent click and a reflection of all the lights on the soaking wet pavement. 128. 22 minutes on 9 3 south from 495 to the leverett connector. 10 minutes on the expressway from the braintree split to the exit to the pike. >>> fox25 stormtracker meteorologist shiri spear will be with us all morning long closely tracking that rain. shiri, what do he to expect? >> we are on air by 10:00. by 10 a.m., the rain will be over. to 10:00 from boston down to the cape. things fizzle out in boston at 7:00. clearing and cooling into the afternoon. still

united health group losing interest in the insurance exchange market.t we cannot subsidize a marketplace that does not seem to be sustaining itself. i'm joined by drew armstrong. let me ask about what seems to be an about-face. slow to get in to the exchanges. this is where insurers sell plans through obamacare. one month ago, they said they would enter into 11 new states. all of a sudden they say we are considering leaving and 2017. losingid they have been hundreds of millions of dollars on these plans. the stock has gone down significantly. there has been a ton of fallout from this decision. i think were going to see some serious political fallout as well. david: what are the costs? how big of a deal is it? >> the individual insurance driver, 30 growth million potential new customers. that is apparently not the case anymore. united didn't do this quick turnabout, so i think others will inevitably follow suit. many of their major competitors are in the midst of mergers and difficult to get out of of exchanges at the moment. david: what about hospitals?

in two years, the united health group is threatening to pull the plug on its affordable care act services after take act services after taking a big hit to the bottom line. the company says they will make a decision about 2017 coverage in the coming year. insurance companies are not required to participate in federal and state exchanges. >>> dale lie fantasy sports games remain legal in massachusetts, but will soon be regulated. attorney general maura healy says sites like boston-based draft kings and rival fan duel must follow consumer protection laws. in addition, new rules will him ban anyone under 21 from playing and anyone associated with professional sports will not be allowed to play. the rules will take place in january with the formal regulations announced a short time later. >>> and every town in massachusetts could raise the smoking age. lawmakers are considering a statewide ban on selling tobacco products to people under 21. more than 80 cities and towns across massachusetts have raise the legal smoking age by three years. in 2012, needham was the first town in the country to

united health group is threatening to pull the plug on affordable care act after take affordable care act after taking a big hit in the bottom line. they will make a decision of 2017 coverage in the coming years. insurance companies are not required to participate in federal and state exchanges. >>> good morning, everyone, :16 >>> good morning, everyone, :16. expect a low and wet commute. the overarching moral. when i say wet, this is what i mean. everybody is getting soaked. that always slows us down. new accident to report. 128 northbound right at winter street in waltham. over to the pike, things looking good from framingham through the weston tolls, but you can see just how soaked the roads are as you head through brighton. here are your live drive times. 14 minutes on the pike from the weston tolls to the ted williams. 10 minutes on the expressway from the braintree split to the pike. 22 minutes on 128 south from route 1 in peabody to the weston tolls. this morning i woke up to what was the sound of rain. i am thinking did i leave the dishwasher on. is the faucet running. it is r

united health group says they have taken a big hit. it could force 500,000 americans to find coverage from another company. >>> a diamond discovery boosted the value of a mining company by 30%. this is the world's second biggest diamond weighing in at 1100-carats. it was found in a mine owned by the company. the company says it uncovered two other large white diamonds in the same mine. the stone is worth tens of millions of dollars. >> how would you wear that on the hand? that's incredible. >> oh, i would wear it. >> need a forklift. >> a little heavy. hold it up. >>> as the holidays approach, many people are ordering gifts online. >> but gifts left in mailrooms or apartment buildings are easy targets for thieves. vanessa murdock checked out the new way they're keeping track of packages. >> reporter: this thief walked in and walked out with a package that was bigger than him. it's a scene that repeats itself. she says she doesn't take chances. >> i can't depend on it being at the door in brooklyn. >> reporter: she uses amazon locker, o

united health group cutting some $425 million future earnings almost entirely driven by losses on the affordable care act exchanges. united warning it may withdraw altogether in 2017. joining me now charles payne host of "making money with charles payne." this huge news came out thursday. a lot of people were focused on the terrorism issues but the stock market took notice. i just want to show folks what happened. this chart over the last week, obviously the stock went down. >> it took a real -- look at that. that's a drubbing right there. a huge hit. it's recovered a little bit since then. and here's the thing. you know, unitedhealthcare had overall saying business was good in general. but if you read between the lines of the last earnings report, the earns were going down and down. they specifically talked about this but not like this. this was a bombshell. this was sort of an epif aphany from this company saying it's not working. >> you're talking about obamacare. >> right it's not working for them or any health care insurers because the claims outpace the premiums. listen, it was

two years united health group threatening to pull the plug on affordable healthcare services after taking big hit to bottom line and company says it will make a decision about 2017 coverage in the coming year and insurance companies are not required to participate in federal and state exchanges. >>> gene: parents say teachers crossed the line. ninth graders were ordered to draw a propaganda poster for terrorism operation and daughter went online and parents expressed concern. >> my initial response is there's no way you're going to do this assignment. >> gene: teacher apologized for making the assignment and what have been submitted by students have been shredded. >> shiri: still got a couple showers out there across southeastern massachusetts but most of us drying out, 50s and lower ixright now and got 40s on the map at 5:00 p.m. with the up for over the weekend next. >> sara: former army reservist facing child porn charges in connection to a theft of massachusetts armory and what that led polic >> sara: 80 hostages have escaped in mila and it is still ongoing and unclear if kidnappers h

. >>> united health group shocking everybody saying it's evaluating the viability of the insurance exchangement, end quote. cutting their profit guidance as well in part because it is claiming it cannot make money under the president's health care law. this as more customers are claiming deductibles are becoming so expensive they cannot pay them. steve, do we know why united health seemingly can't make money under the affordable health care act? >> yes. the real issue is the utilization of the membership from that risk pool, and united is not alone in this. we've seen other cautious statements from other managed care companies, and we've also seen the failure of a lot of the health insurance co-ops that were formulated around the affordable care act. united is not alone in these problems. >> you know, united has the luxury of being able to say we might not want to be part of this anymore, but the others, steve, do they have that luxury given that they want their deals to go through, anthem, cigna, aetna, humana, are they locked into accepting these losses on aca exchanges at least for the t

health care shares were the worst performers among 10 industry groups in the s&p 500, in the large part because of what united health care is considering. utilities is the best performing among the 10. if you look at their share prices, they have actually made a round-trip before september before the highly anticipated fed meeting. we know that utilities are prized for their dividends. you can see that they had made this round-trip back to where they were before. the yield tends to move an inverse to share prices. those are back to 3.85%. share prices dropped because investors are pricing in rate increases, and these stocks become less attractive. alex: the question is if we go lower longer, like gold has been telling us today, what does that mean for utilities -- do you hang onto it for another year, or is it a change that you will see the continued rotation out of those stocks. joe: you have to figure if it really is low for a long time, again, lower than the market probably expect, it would probably be good. scarlet: we keep seeing the continued route and commodities create we had a big casualty today -- c

health care. roz plater, abc 7 news. alison: tonight, muslim americans united in the rejection of terrorism. more than 100 people gathered to renounce groups like isis and al qaeda. leon: they say that islam condemns terrorism. as chris papst reports, they are defending their religion. >> we have not stood up so far. today we are standing up. chris: while chanting slogans and holding banners -- >> american muslims believe in peace. islam saylowers of they have had enough. this evening, with the white house as the backdrop, a group of about 100 american muslims marched up and down pennsylvania avenue with a simple message. >> we condemn isis. >> we are united as muslims against terrorism. >> we will never be afraid. chris: recent terrorist attacks prompted the rally. they say that muslim americans can no longer remain silent and allow their religion did to be maligned by groups like isis, al qaeda, and others. >> we would like to send a message to this group, you cannot have us abandon our freedom. pakistani native who came to america 10 years ago says the march is long overdue. and many more are needed. we have not stood before, but we are

health group. it says there are not enough people in rolling to cover the costs of claims being filed. the move could force millions of americans to find new coverage. united is offering coverage plans for 2016. a salmonella outbreak, linked to imported cucumbers has sickened people in 38 states, including new hampshire. so far, 838 people have been sickened across the country, one 165 of those people were hospitalized, and four of them died. the cdc and fda continue to investigate the salmonella outbreak. moving now to the weather. floodwaters are being blamed for three deaths in washington state. more than 100,000 homes and businesses are still without power there. thousands more woke up this morning in the dark in several other northwestern states. flooding a huge problem there. kevin: you get to this time of year, and one side of the country or the other will be the colder and more stormy side, and this year, is out west. we will talk about when the pattern will shift and move toward thanksgiving. erin: all right, and we will >> now, meteorologist kevin skarupa with your storm watch nine -- with your stormwatch 9 forecast. kevin: we started the day wit

united health is the best of the best. not like this is problems that was really pertinent to just them. you can see it in the health care group. everything is broken here with the possibility of congressional revisions to the affordable care act practically nil this could be a house of pain for years to come. it is totally shocking given the roles these companies play regarding legislation and pushing it along. nasty surprises. some surprises are obvious. many are hidden like dramatic decline in the bonds of chesapeake energy become one of the biggest dogs of the era. sure the stock wants to go down to 72% for the year. some fell by a larger percentage which i had to tell you is astonishing. whenever the debt gets hit worse than the stock don't think of bottom fishing because the bonds always tell the truth. chesapeake leads the price and doubles before it is out of the woods. seems strong versus the worst performer of the hedgefund stable sun edison which has seen almost overnight. it is a renewable energy company that doesn't just need electricity. it needs paddles as in clear on the other end you have a monster upside move

united states? the woman who tried to impose health care on this country over 20 years ago? and she was stopped then by a strong group of republicans and american public that said no, thank you. what she will do, what she will do is move us towards a single payer system. she will completely nationalize the federal health care system, that's what she wanted to do 20 years ago and i guarantee that's what she'll do if you give her the keys to the white house one more time. the fact is we need someone who knows how to beat democrats, knows how to beat democrats in a democratic area. i've done it twice as governor of new jersey, and hillary clinton doesn't want one minute on that stage with me next september when i'm debating and prosecutes her for her vision of america. moderator: senator santorum, i have a question for you. just about everybody agrees that the nation's infrastructure is in bad shape, urban highway congestion cost the economy, nearly one in four bridges in the national highway system is obsolete. congress is working on a six year highway bill, fund it for three years. should americans be asked to pay mor

united states? the woman who tried to impose health care on this country over 20 years ago? and she was stopped then by a strong group of republicans and american public that said no, thank you. what she will do, what she will do is move us towards a single payer system. she will completely nationalize the federal health care system, that's what she wanted to do 20 years ago and i guarantee that's what she'll do if you give her the keys to the white house one more time. the fact is we need someone who knows how to beat democrats, knows how to beat democrats in a democratic area. i've done it twice as governor of new jersey, and hillary clinton doesn't want one minute on that stage with me next september when i'm debating and prosecutes her for her vision of america. moderator: senator santorum, i have a question for you. just about everybody agrees that the nation's infrastructure is in bad shape, urban highway congestion cost the economy, nearly one in four bridges in the national highway system is obsolete. congress is working on a six year highway bill, fund it for three years. should americans be asked to pay mor

media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.orgne ♪ >> announcer: this is "nightly business report," with tyler mathisen and sue herera. >>> sudden exit? united healthcare, the nation's largest healther, says it may leave the public health insurance exchanges. surprising investors and consumers and potentially dealing obamacare a serious blow. >>> just do it. what nike just did late today that could impact the market tomorrow. >>> and fantasy world. draft kings and fan duel, the daily sports gaming sites, have spent millions on advertising. but will the money continue to flow to the media companies as legal challenges mount? all that and more tonight on "nightly business report" for thursday, november 19th. >>> good evening, everyone. and welcome. a warning from united healthcare and a possible blow to the affordable care act.

united health also cost its -- ings estimate per year third-quarter shipments plunged 35% on a year ago. overall shipments in the quarter rose 15%. shares,arch groupnie? stephanie: pfizer says it is nearing an agreement to buy allergan in what could be the largest u.s. tax inversion deal ever. shares of allergan slid last night in extended trading after the u.s. treasury issued a letter saying later this week we intend to issue additional inversions.deter d.c..oins us in clearly, the statement made an impression. how big of a threat is this? let's get real about the ability to change law. zach: the treasury simply does not have the authority to stop a allergan ise one discussing. pfizer and allergan are already talking price right now. effectll already have an on the value. potentiallythem have to rethink the pricing of the deal depending on what they think. what treasury is doing is within their existing authority under the law, which is not that great, do anything bigger about tax inversions, you have to have -- ofge of an legislation inversion on legislation. that does not look like it will be anytime soon. >> i do not think the deal will get h

access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org ♪ ccess.wgbh.org >> announcer: this is "nightly business report," with tyler mathisen and sue herera. >>> sudden exit? united healthcare, the nation's largest healthnsurer, says it may leave the public health insurance exchanges. surprising investors and consumers and potentially dealing obamacare a serious blow. >>> just do it. what nike just did late today that could impact the market tomorrow. >>> and fantasy world. draft kings and fan duel, the daily sports gaming sites, have spent millions on advertising. but will the money continue to flow to the media companies as legal challenges mount? all that and more tonight on "nightly business report" for thursday, november 19th. >>> good evening, everyone. and welcome. a warning from united healthcare and a possible blow to the affordable care act.

groups on the stage, better questions and let us all be heard from equally. >> harry truman couldn't get elected president with explaining united states of america's health careonds. >> we should have moderators who are interested in disseminating the information about the candidates as opposed to, you know, gotcha. >> i think it's fair to say the gop candidates are not happy about the debate formats thus far. the campaigns held an emergency huddle last night, coming up with a list of demands for future debays. joining us thismorning isshawn spicer of the rnc. he has a brand new title, the chief strategist and communications director for the rnc. he previously handled debate negotiations with the networks. hi, shawn. >> good morning, alisyn. >> these past five days must have about somewhat hellish for you. i mean, is that fair? >> that's very fair. >> i mean, look, you previously said -- >> there's no question -- >> go ahead. >> go ahead. i was going to say, look, there's no question that last week's debate was a complete disaster. i think our candidates are rightly upsit. the clips you played expressed just a portion of that outrage. they expected a debate

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health group. it says there are not enough people in rolling to cover the costs of claims being filed. the move could force millions of americans to find new coverage. united is offering coverage plans for 2016. a salmonella outbreak, linked to imported cucumbers has sickened people in 38 states, including new hampshire.