Im iain page. Im dawn timmeney. Food stamps are supposed to be used to buy groceries and scammers are trading them for cash. Chris oconnell is live in West Philadelphia with more on this story. Chris . Reporter well, guys, sorry i cant hear you but this scam is actually quite simple. You get food stamps from the federal government and turn around and sell them on the streets for 50 cents on the poll. Actually this kind of thing has been happening for awhile now. But now this hustle is happening right on your social media page. For families on food stamps its a lifeline to nutrition and helping put food on the table. They give us that for to us eat or have what we need. Reporter but selling food stamps on facebook, it is happening. Fox 29 viewers zen us these posts. One woman in north philly telling 150 in food stamps for 125 bucks on the sixth of the month. And here on craigslist where you can get 195 bucks in food stamps for just 95. You can go in just about anyone these Corner Stores
In the sunshine right now. Sunny skies and this whole entire area through south jersey and delaware. A few lingering storms along the Eastern Shore that could move into southern delaware. But the Severe Weather threat has ended. That is got news. Gusts reported over 40 miles an hour along our shores and we a look at the peak wind gusts around the region. These numbers are impressive. Ship bottom lbi a gust of 47 miles an hour. West Atlantic City 46. Dubee beach, cape may 41 miles an hour gusts in ocean city, new jersey, a 40mile an hour wind gust this afternoon. The flood watch will continue through tomorrow afternoon long after the rain ends. Our creeks and our streams and our rivers will continue to build and we could have some flooding. So keep an eye on that. In the meantime, temperatures warming now with that Sunshine Building in. Dover up to 60. Philadelphia at 57 right now for the rest of the afternoon and evening, light rain, drizzle, fog and mist. Winds gusting up to 25 miles
Im rosemary connors. Its 6 00 on this saturday. Meteorologist krystal klei is tracking the easter weekend forecast. She has the most accurate forecast in the region. Krystal . This is a pretty good easter weekend forecast. Were starting out this morning, just a little chilly. 43, mt. Pocono. 41, allentown. Look at philly, almost 50 degrees right now and thats the same for wilmington. We are at 50 in dover and 49, Atlantic City. So overall, temperatures, pretty good to start. Theyre only going to get better as we go along. Were talking 60s by this afternoon. On your sedradar and satellite, pretty dry conditions, but we have clouds starting to sea breeze throughout the southwest. As we go through today, that pattern continues. More clouds thickening up, meaning we get to mostly cloudy conditions today. While its gray, its still pretty nice. 53, 9 00 a. M. By noon, 62 degrees. And what were going to see here is winds that start to pick up as well as they come in from the south, leading us
Citys biggest train stations after an incident involving a taser sends commuters fleeing fearing a terror attack. And the last jedi. The force is strong for star wars fans celebrating the 40th anniversary of the film franchise. A bittersweet celebration as fans remember one of their favorite princesses, today, saturday april 15th, 2017. Announcer from nbc news, this is today live from studio 1a in rockefeller plaza. Good morning. Welcome to today on this saturday morning. Im sheinelle jones. Glad to have you with us. Im craig melvin. Dylan dreyer with us as well. A lot of folks on this easter weekend concerned about the weather. This year looks across most of the country pretty nice. Good news this morning. Well talk about that coming up in just a bit. First, lets get to our top story this morning. In north korea a show of military force was on full display during the parade celebrating the birthday of that nations founding ruler this morning. It comes as tensions rise across the regio
3 3 the family of jay anderson who was shot and killed by a tosa ce two versions. One that was recorded and the other that was put on paper. Paper. Their News Conference at a Milwaukee Church wrapped up just moments ago. Ago. Cbs 58s Lindsey Branwall was there. She joins us live with more. Lindsey. Jay andersons family stood at the front of this church. Giving the public and Law Enforcement a definitive message. They want all footage revolving Jay Andersons death released. By a Wauwatosa Police officer back in june as he slept in his car in madison park. As the officer approached the vehicle he says he saw a weapon and feared for his safety. Family says they say they recently viewed enhanced dash cam footage and additional footage from a second squad car they arrived on scene. They say this shows inconsistencies the officers statement, the dash cam video, and what the officers said to each other do not match 3 there was a between the officer who did the shooting the and officer who arr