Action news, delaware valleys leading news program with jim gardner. What could be worse than the Opioid Crisis that sees skyrocketing numbers of philadelphiaens hooked on heroin, fentanyl and other agents that will kill you . What could be worse . How about another layer of tragedy where people are paid to get high so junky hunters scam Insurance Companies . Its insidious, deadly and happening in philadelphia. Tuesday night the big story on action news is a special action news investigation. Call it junky hunting or patient brokering. Critics call it exploitation of drug users and the insurance industry. Chad pradelli sat down with a young man that says hes a junky hunter. Many users have been on both sides of the illegal fraud. We learn industry insiders say brokering is a growing problem in our area. I would say you can get involved in it. Its a gold mine for you. It is. They are called body brokers, junky hunter, patient pimps. One paid him 2,500 to go to rehab. Detox was 500. If y
The judges at westminster, taking top dog and now hes here live. Only on gma. Back again we do say good morning, america. Great to have you all with us on this valentines day and you know who was feeling the love last night, in like flynn. Yes, top dog at the Westminster Kennel Club. Hes a bichon frise, only the second time his breed has won best in show. 5yearold flynn beat out nearly 3,000 other dogs for the award. He and his handler are here live. Well see if we can get a word or two out of flynn so he can tell us how he did it in that would be a story. Well begin with that new scandal rocking the white house. The president s lawyer now admits he personally paid Stormy Daniels, the porn star who said she had an affair with donald trump. He said it happened weeks before the 2016 vote, Campaign Watchdogs call that an Illegal Campaign contribution and an official investigation under way and tom llamas is tracking all the latest. Reporter good morning. Weve just learned as you mentioned
Enforcement association and the United Black Police officers soes jags filed the complaint in october. Department of justice spokesmen released a statement saying the department of justice in receipt of correspondence about this matter. That correspondence has been referred to the Civil Rights Division for a response. We have no further comment. Bob roth, president of the Prince Georges County chapter of the naacp has been speaking with many of the officers who filed the complaint. Its just fair treatment. A white officer gets punished one way and a black officer another way. Promotions, how they interact with each other. Reporter today Prince Georges County police chief announced he and the police union are creating a panel to review the departments internal policies. It will be cochaired by the Police Departments Inspector General and review promotion policies, best officers are disciplined. Roth says its a step in the right direction. Its got to be an ongoing process. You didnt get
Considered several options. The white house put iran on notice this week in response to a Ballistic Missile test. Iran responded warning the u. S. Not to make empty threats. Another check on weather and traffic. Chuck and chsheena standing with more on our forecast. A beautiful start to the day. Nothing to worry about today. A little chilly but it is february, after all. Let us not forget that and this winter with hardly any in the way of cold days. 11 days this whole winter that i would consider seriously cold and only 11 days this winter fall into that category. That is not too many at all. 11 last january alone. So outside for today, four things you need to know. The cold is back. It isnt going to be here long but it is back for today and tomorrow. Plenty of sunshine tomorrow. Thats super bowl sunday, that little rain ow keeping track of, now gone. Nothing to worry about. Big chance for some rain coming up next week. That whole tenday forecast coming up at 4 51. And wed like to see
Well kick things off with a check on what youll face outside with chuck bell and Sheena Parveen looking at that forecast this morning. Hey, everybody is working for the weekend. Right . Absolutely right even though ive got to work on super bowl sunday. Oh, you do . Drew the short straw, didnt i . But its in the morning so ill still have time to get out and enjoy a little bit of my sunday afternoon. I already am starting to salivate with what im going to make for super bowl sunday. Hot sausage sandwiches. The one time of the year that i treat myself to that. Outside for today, before i forget what im actually here for, cold and dry this morning. Sunshine back this afternoon and if youre going to be doing stuff outside this weekend, just know it is going to be on the cold side today tonight and tomorrow. Sunday is looking so nice indeed. More of the details on todays temperatures lets go over to sheena. A cold start but by this afternoon in the low 40s. 33 by 7 00 a. M. , so just make th