dr. william o'brien iii was arrested this morning and the fbi also picked up his receptionist. both appeared in federal court and they are accused of operating a pill mill, selling prescriptions of large quantities of highly addictive drugs. brian williams iii a doctor and his receptionist are accused of selling prescriptions out of two medical offices, the first of 98 hundred block in northeast philadelphia the second on the unit block of rolling lane in levittown. according to the federal indictment on multiple occasions last year, dr. o'brien sold undercover fbi agents prescriptions for dangerous, addictive drugs $200 bought a prescription pour a large amount of oxycodone or xanex. >> we see physicians writing prescriptions for these dangerous and addicting drugs. they right them in exchange for cash. >> they allege that dr. o'brien falsified medical records to make it seem like they received examinations and medical treatment when in fact they did not. >> they screened customers and took what the pair referred to as co-pays for the prescriptions. and dr. brian is accused of

dr. william o'brien iii and accused him of running a pill mill from his offices in philadelphia and levittown buck county according to a federal indictment, dr. o'brien is charged with counts of distributing oxycodone in exchange for cash with no medical examination and they say he falsified patient records and offered to trade a sexual act for a prescription. >>> the lululemon store was burglarized overnight. police are looking for surveillance on this busy commercial street. the alarms on the building were not working because power had been out since tuesday's incidents. bricks from a neighboring building fell on to the store causing a 20 feet hole in the roof and injuring three women investigators believe that ice and wind caused the bricks to become loose. >> the winds are letting up and accuweather is predicting light snow for tonight. the clouds are building this noon after a cold start for the day. meteorologist david murphy is at the "action news" big board. >> stormtracker 6 live double scan already picking up a couple of light snow showers west of harrisburg this could die out befor

dr. william o'brien 3iii 3 was arrested for selling pills. dr. william o'brien iii are accused of operating the so-called pill mill out of offices, at the 100 block of bustleton avenue in philadelphia and another one in levittown buck county the feds pulled off an undercover investigation and alleged on multiple occasions dr. o'brien sold agents prescriptions for large quantities of medication including oxycodone and xanex. >> you come in and pay $200 and leave with a prescription in your hand and that is for controlled substances like oxy oxycodone and other methamphetamine. >> the u.s. attorney says that they screened the patients and took what the pair referred to as co-pays, the $200 for the prescription. and o'brien was known to accept sexual favors for prescriptions and made such an offer to a female fbi agent. >> she posed as a prescription drug seeker and told her he would give her an increased quantity of prescription if she would perform oral sex on him. >> now the federal government estimates that o'brien took in close to $2 million in

dr. o'brien is accused of of running this operation out of his levittown office. in the meantime, he remains in federal custody. the receptionist had a's been released for now both will be formally arraigned on the charges next week. iain? >> all right, dave, thank you. >>> a schoolbus accident in philadelphia's hunting park neighborhood shuts down part of roosevelt boulevard skyfox over the crash no students were on the bus but police say one person was taken to a hospital. lanes along ninth street and the boulevard were blocked off by police for while traffic is moving though again tonight. president obama coming to philadelphia tonight he'll be speaking at the sheraton society hill air force one expected to touchdown just after 6:00 o'clock. we will show that to you live when it happens. the president will be in philadelphia to speak at the house democrats annual policy retreat. >>> the man a accused of of killing a pennsylvania state trooper is now saying he is not guilty. eric frein video rain many from the pike county jail today he made the plea and prosecut

dr. william o'brien. prosecutors say he and his receptionist made millions by operatingoperating a pill mill like oxycodone, san knack at the center of all of this. dave kinchen is live in center city. quite a story, dave. >> reporter: it really is. the doctor and receptionist were in federal court for their first court appearance. both are facing conspiracy chargescharges that dr. faceing 26 counts of illegal distribution and the feds have been all over this this from the beginning. >> very simple. you pay your money, you get a prescription. >> reporter: that's how u.s. attorneys described the so hiv called pill mill run by dr. william o'brien the third and his receptionist 29 year old and gel la, accused of picking up nearly $2 million in cash after doctor o'brien allegedly wrote prescriptions for powerful drugs without ever giving physicals or examinations. he was arrested at his northeast philadelphia office this morning morning. >> the allegations are that you come in, you pay $200 and you'd leave wi

dr. o'brien allegedly wrote prescriptions for powerful drugs without ever giving physicals or examinations he was arrested at his northeast philadelphia office this morning. >> the allegations are that come in, you pay $200 and you'd leave with a prescription in your hand and that prescription would be for some very dangerous controlled substances especially oxycodone and other amphetamines amphetamines. >> reporter: san knack in the mix for hundreds of clients and one of them turn out to be a female undercover fbi agent who even allegedly proposition on video tape. >> o'brien told her he would give her an increased quantity of prescription and a type of prescription if she would perform oral sex on him. report roar prosecutors say the operation saw 10 patients an hour and cleaned up. >> even if you take a 48 hour -- 48 week year you're still looking at $1.8 million. >> reporter: despite those illegal earnings the doctor told the judge he could not afford an attorney. >> certainly that amount of cash that you're generateing there should be assets there so the judge actually obviously took

dr. william o'brien iii tonight he's suspected of selling pripings of ox yes codon't percocet and xanax. officials say he told prescriptions out of offices in north east philadelphia and levittown. charges say o'brien will also offer to sell precipitation to undercover agent in return for section you'll favor. >> there was sobering testament tonight to the toll of gun lie lens on grounds of overbrook chester avenue. they were 345rbgd with tee shirts for those that lost their lives to guns. murdzers are down in philadelphia, but there are still too many lives being cut short. >> and "action news" viewer recorded this deadly blaze in south philadelphia overnight. that claimed the lives of two people. a police officer was burned trying to rescue the couple. both victims were in 60s. fire fighters are not sure what sparked intense fire on the 400 block of daily street. but, they say it appears the home had no working smoke alarms. >>> from fire to ice and dramatic rescue by new york firefighters today, to save a 10-year-old boy trapped on thin ice. our sister station wabc captured the tense

dr. francis collins, in the white house briefing room today. that's miles o'brien. >> reporter: dr.anks for being with us. >> nice to be here. >> reporter: i suppose when you look at the broad course of history from the time we were drawing blood and putting leaches on people to today, medicine has always gotten more precise. but when we talk about precision medicine now, what are we really talking about? >> we're taking about the idea that we're all different individuals and the best way to keep us healthy or treat us when we're sick is to take account of the individual differences, whether that's an understanding if you have cancer what exactly is going on in your cancer cells, or whether giving you the right drug at the right dose for you. let's understand how to do that better. we've tried to do things like that over decades, but we haven't really had the tools. the time is now to really make that opportunity become a reality. >> reporter: it's been a dozen years since we've unlocked the human genome, we have been waiting for magic cures and they have been slow to come. has the

dr. feldstein supported stimulus package. you have more to reject that. how according to mr. o'brien's dynamic scoring undertaking which you measure the effect that stimulus in terms of investment which i happen to believe is a progrowth economic undertaking. i am comfortable enough asking all three panelists to tell me what you think of it. >> let me go back to the stimulus bill in 2009. at that time interest rates were down at about zero and i thought we did need a fiscal stimulus. i thought the design of that particular bill was not good. i thought in the end they provided some stimulus in the national debt than it did to gdp. i think in the end we have had a very significant recovery because the federal reserve took over introduced so-called quantitative easing, drove down long-term interest rates. that ultimately led to come as ben bernanke predicted it would, by two big increases in both home values and the stock market equity value, so household net worth rose $10 trillion in 2013 and that led to increased consumer spending and that in turn led to more hiring by firms more inven