During the holidays, too, but the plastic currency is being used as part of a massive fraud being fueled by the Opioid Epidemic. In an on the money investigation Contessa Brewer found Stores Across the country are beg targeted easy summon inside some of the countrys biggest retailers theres a shadowy world of commerce, crime and drugs, and at the center gift cards. Are gift cards currency you can use to pay for drugs . Yes. Reporter by all appearances, these four women could be tidying up what looks like a college dorm room, but this is no university. Its rehab. That worthlessness, i mean, that guilt and shame that i feel every day. That i chose drugs over my son, every day. These women arent students, they are patients, struggling with crippling addiction. Ive ghef in italy stolen. Repor they sat down with us at a drug Treatment Facility in jacksonville, florida. 23yearold kristen booths drug of choice, oxycodone and heroin and shes been arrested twice for gift card fraud. I would tak
Reporter on this stormbattered, t 3. 4 million r are trying to put theiv Hurricane Maria devastated them. But as the hurricane hit, many on the island were also struggling from another storm. One that decimated their life savings. Theres hope. Theres no hope. In this situation, what a its sad. Very sad. Reporter along with two other relatives, he, his wife, and his brother say they lost almost 2 million, duped into putting their Retirement Savings into funds filled with puerto rico bonds, sold to them as a safe investment. Now theyre worth next to nothing. The family blames ubs, the global bank with a u. S. Wealth Management Division in weehawken, new jersey. Our investigation found that top executives at ubs americas had direct knowledge that brokers here in puerto rico were selling funds filled with risky puerto rican bonds even as the economy was crumbling. Thousands of residents put their life savings into these funds. And as bond prices started plummeting, they lost nearly everyth
Patrol is mourning the loss of one of their own. Good evening, i am cristina rendon. Good evening, i am alex savidge. This happened on southbound 88 zero, 880, the officer was working to keep the road safe when his patrol car was hit at high speed. We know that that driver left a Holiday Party before he got behind the wheel and the officer leaves behind a wife and three children. Joining us live from oakland. Here is henry. Reporter the body is now here at the coroners office. He was killed by a motorist who was under the influence of drugs and alcohol. The same type of driver that he and his partner were trying to stop. Today is a tragic loss of one of our own. Reporter they were parked in their patrol vehicle on southbound 880 and they were rear ended by our red cadillac. There was an officer hit southbound 880. Officer down. Reporter the 22yearold driver was under the influence of alcohol and drugs. It is irresponsible and senseless in these acts need to stop. The officer that was i
Enough. Some people are getting it twi twice. Just not cool. And developing right now, white powder sent to the president s son. Ended up in his daughterinlaws hands. Turns out it was corn starve. Still, what is scare. Now, fox 29 news at 10 00. New season is in full swing in the Delaware Valley and across the country. If not you yourself probably a lot of your coworkers have called out sick already but dont get surprised or doubt them if they say theyre sick with the flu again. Good evening, im lucy noland. It turns out the strains of the virus this year are infecting some people with a double whammy as we take live look at wilmington, delaware, Officials Say theyve confirmed nearly a thousand cases of flew in a single week. That is the most ever and ten people in delaware have died. Even though more than half of them got this years flu shot. So what is going on . Our brad sattin has been getting the 411 from doctors live now in center city. Brad, i hope youre not feeling little sick.
Weapon of war. President trump vowing this time there will be change as he faces criticism for suggesting one solution is to arm teachers. Were live at the white house. Remembering billy graham. Tributes pouring in from around the world for the beloved televangelist. This morning his son reflects on grahams life and legacy in his first interview since his fathers passing. All that, plus shiffrin shines. Mikaela shiffrin takes the silver in the alpine combined while lindsey vonn misses a gate and misses out on a medal. Owning the podium. Does he have the double 360 . Yes americans win gold and silver in the ski halfpipe and u. S. Snowboarder Jamie Anderson makes history with her second medal of these games, and they are all with us live, today, thursday, february 22nd, 2018. Announcer from nbc news, this is a special edition of today at the olympic games, with Savannah Guthrie and hoda kotb, live from pyeongchang, south korea. Oh, everybody this is epic. Welcome to today at 7 00 a. M. O