>> ukee and diana good morning. i'm able to speak to a fire department official that tells me the good news is this morning pgw crews have been working hard and quickly and have this fixed at this pointch the gas leak is fixed on scene and just as soon as levels inside the apartment come down folks will be loued inside. in the meantime we're told by fire officials south philly high school will be opened up as a warming center for those in need and red cross will be on the scene as well. fire officials came by to let the folks back in here. we'll have to see what is going on but i see a couple people going back into their homes. this call came in 2:30 this morning called in by a passerby that smelled gas in the area and around 2:40, 6 apartments were evacuated as a precaution of course because gas was smelled in the area. that's 17 people evacuated on a cold morning. fortunately there were no injuries. two medic units are on scene here to assess anyone who wanted to get assessed after leaving their homes again pgw wo

. >> diana ukee, good morning i was able to speak with fire department officials they say yes pgw found the leak and stopped gas from flowing. they continue to work behind me to complete a full fix. in the meantime, they're ventilating these apartment and some are allowed back in. at 2:30 this morning around:30 eight -- six rather six apartments had to be evacuated including 17 people. now at last check ten residents were back inside. as we were coming to air a few more people were walking in. these numbers are changing this morning. pgw crews working quickly to get this in place. i'm seeing a lot of people are literally walking back to their apartmentsment fortunately no injuries here this morning. two medic units on scene all morning to assess anyone who wanted to get checked out after he vac yailted just around 2:30 this morning. now this we're told is 4" gas main leak and south philly high school had been open that is warming center for these folks as they stayed out in the cold weather. it looks like people are going back in now. it was a very, very tense scene earlier on this morn

. >> diana ukee, good morning, pgw crews have capped the leak. the gas stopped slowing and they ventilated apartments and large majority of people were let back inside. last check with pgw they tell me they're about to go back in to check out the last apartment where two people are displaced if the levels are down they'll be allowed back inside. meanwhile crews remain on the scene to work on permanent fix. >> an early morning gas leak made a cold morning south philadelphia even colder for close to two dozen people on snyder avenue and overwhelming smell of gas after:30 a.m. forced evacuation of six apartments including 17 people. >> they knocked on the door loud and told me there was gas leak and now i'm outside waiting for there not to be a gas leak. >> fire hovlz believe the gas leak spent teams into their basement. >> the fire department meter readers saying there's a natural gas leak in the air. we want to evacuate as a precaution. >> after two hours they located the problem with 4" gas main and shut it off and there were no more injuries and

. >> diana ukee, good morning, pgw crews have capped the leak. they ventilated apartments and large majority of people were let back inside. last check with pgw they tell me they're about to go back in to check out the last apartment where two people are displaced if the levels are down they'll be allowed back inside. meanwhile crews remain on the scene to work on permanent fix. >> an early morning gas leak made a cold morning south philadelphia even colder for close to two dozen people on snyder avenue and overwhelming smell of gas after:30 a.m. forced evacuation of six apartments including 17 people. >> they knocked on the door loud and told me the

. >> diana ukee, good morning, a very exciting day on tap for girard college and ought of greater philadelphia. we're coming to you live. you can hear they're setting up the audio as we speak an a lot of people started to arrive. a lot of volunteers getting everything set up and ready to government takes big year for greater philadelphia. a record number. 135,000 volunteers at hundreds of sites are expected to turn out for this day of service. this is 20th year for greater philadelphia day of service and this is sixth straight year that college will serve as signature site this year's greater philadelphia day of service will celebrate 50th anniversary of landmark 1965 voting rights act out lawing racial discrimination in voting and organizeers plan to encourage voter participation. some of today's activities include making vote here signs for different languages packing bags with voter information and demonstrating how to use real voting machines but that's not all, 150 activities here at girard college today take a listen. >> dr. king was civil rights activist and and champion of economics ri

. >> i'm diana in for erika von tiehl this morning. >> and i'm ukee washington. >> and brazen thievesstore inside a popular mall and customers saw the whole thing go down. >> tickets believed to be from isis show two hoingt tams and captors given ultimatum and demand high ran some. >> and pennsylvania under goes transition of power. inauguration day. tom wolf gets ready to take the only

. >> another perspective diana good morning. >> reporter: ukee, good morning, snow still coming downe some signs of life. live along route 37, here in toms river where we've soon some cars on the road this morning, a lot of plow trucks out, you can see we're starting to see some pavement there. and that's the good news. because it looks like some people actually are going to try to go to work this morning. but for the most part, they were really hunkering down and waiting this storm out. we're expect to go see some really high winds here, last night, i just got off the phone with the sheriff's offers who tells me for ocean county there are no major problems to report this morning. but we do have about 7 inches on the ground here, and people are really taking it slow. so that's the very latest from toms river. back to you. >> diana, thank so much. boy, katie, what a difference few hundred miles makes or that distance. >> it is so true. you're right. maybe about 100 miles give or take in either direction where it is a total opposite of what you are going to ends up with by the time thi

ukee? >> jessica, thank you. hamilton township police have suspect behind bars who they say used social media to lure two boys. and this "eyewitness news" reporter dianas a reminder to parents to be specially vigilant when it comes to children, and the digital world. >> lured two local boys over the social media site kik and sexually assaulted them. sunday morning the 12 year old brother found the message on his phone and called hamilton township police. >> that got everything started when the parent found information on the phone juvenile ultimately told the mother immediately and told the police what happened. police say johnson posting as younger man and asked the boys a 12 and 17 year old to meet up with him. then he pick them up in his car and drove them to another location where the 12 year old was sexually assaulted. >> fortunately happening on daily basis whether kik or other messaging type of app. >> twelve year old's phone wasn't hooked up t only worked with wyfi, yet still able to use kik. directs he will professor of cyber security rob says parent need to know how to use these social media apps, just as well as their children. and monitor

there ukee and diana back to you. >> thanks so much. as we mentioned top of the broadcast 17 people forced out in the cold are back in their homes after pgw crews have a gas leak. >> workers can begin searching for a cause now that the all clear is given. >> an early morning gas leak made a cold morning in south philadelphia even colder for close to two dozen people on snyder avenue an overwhelming smell of gas after 2:30 a.m. forced evacuation of two apartments and 17 people. >> they knocked on the door loud and toll me there was a gas leak and now i'm outside waiting for there not to be a gas leak. >> it sent fumes into people's basements highest reading found in those areas. >> the department we got 60% natural gas in the air and with that we take stance of evacuated homes as a precaution. >> after two hours pgw located problem with 4" gas main and shut the gas off. fortunately there were no injuries and the threat was evident. >> you never know for explosion purposes, fire purposes, you certainly want to take every precaution arie m

ukee and diana good morning. we're coming you to live from cheltenham where we confirmed this is a deadly fire. a lot of firefighters remain on scene. their work for the most part is complete. fire investigators work is now just beginning. just getting underway. we saw a couple members of fire marshall office step on scene. they started taking pictures and collected evidence. up fort in thely we confirmed this is a deadly fire. weaver coming you to live from the lynwood gardens apartment cheltenham on john russell circle near manager way. officials tell thus fire broke out 4:30 this morning in come bound three and crews worked quickly to get the apartments evacuated and it appears it was too late for one person and took fire crews one hour to get the fire out of control and ep upon searching units 6 a.m. crews found one person left inside. we're working to get you more information back out here, live on scream, fire investigators. >> the investigation is now getting underway to figure out the cause of the fire an

. >> ukee and diana good morning, we're waiting to speak with the police chief in abington this morning for up any update open the case. but from was certainly a frightening situation for montgomery county shoppers. police say three suspects made their way inside a jewelry store and smashed the display cases and made their way off with pricey watches but this did not end before a gunfire erupted and police want you to take a about look at your sul veilence. you can he them hundreding rhawn entererd precision watches and squulry store willow grove park mall and immediately wept for rolex case. after smashing the the case with sledge hammers one of the suspects cut himself as drying to get watches out. meantime, friingts entered for his employees police say the store's manager fired a hand gun that he's licensed to carry twice into the sciling to turn the us is pest offer. >> they ran through ground level of gloming of glominging knoll the suspects got inside. that was abandoned off mall property. we're awaiting update from abing top police. the maul, of course s. cooperating with police.