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Watching for traffic trouble. Good morning, jillian. Things are looking good on the blue route. A tap of the brakes out there, but no big delays to report and no accidents in both directions. Drive time is about 17 to 18 minutes on the blue route between 76 and 95. Speaking of 76, we have a disabled vehicle eastbound at montgomery drive and blocking the left lane and moved over to sh shoulder and we have little delay around that area. In pennsauken two lanes blocked until 6 30 this morning. Just now starting to clear and finally for drivers in delaware, still no accidents on the majors. This i...

Extension. I reported it earlier this morning and just drove through this area and talking about a paving crew this is the northbound side of the northeast extension and jeff says that one lane is open from the toll booth out to route 663. Thank you for that tweet. We want to know what is going on out there. In pennsauken. Two lanes blocked out there in both directions until 6 00 this morning and that construction is still pretty active. For drivers in delaware, 495 at philadelphia pike. You can see 495 is quiet right now. We are not reporting any accidents on the majors in delaware. Tracy . N...

Good afternoon, chairman nelson, Ranking Member collins and members of the committee. I appreciate the opportunity to appear before you on behalf of the federal trade commission to discuss the commissions role in combating telemarketing fraud. As we have heard the jish inflicted by fraud is wellknown. The harm is not just economic but emotional as well. To tackle phone fraud, the ftc uses Law Enforcement with close coordinate with federal and international counterparts, education and outreach and an initiative to spur technological innovation to develop tools that help consumers avoid unwanted...

The victim over the telephone that his or her grandchild or another relative is in jail, is in the hospital or stuck in a foreign country and needs money to get out of the predicament. And since the beginning of 2012, the federal trade commission has received more than 30,000 complaints about scammers who claim to be a friend or a Family Member in distress. And its costing americans more than 42 million. Just since the beginning of 12. Now, this doesnt tell the whole story. Since a majority of these crimes go unreported. What we do know is that the ftc reports that imposter scams have double d...

Next a Senate Aging Committee hearing on phone scams targeting seniors. Witnesses talked about a particular scam where someone pretended to be a Family Member or loved one to get a victim to wire them money. Americans lost more than 73 million to phone scams last year. This is about 50 minutes. Good afternoon. Ive asked all of you to join the table instead of two panels, because we have a vote that is being called around 2 20. So i want to take the advantage of going ahead and getting all of your testimony. This hearing is the latest in a series of investigations the committee has conducted on...