we reached councilmember tom hucker and got quick action. >> i learned about it this morning. >> i cammed the vice president washington georgia and he told me they got it expedited. >> the residents won't be satisfied until a full pipe replacement is complete. >> i don't feel safe. i needs to be fixed. it needs to be replaced. not just repairs not working. >> looking down menlo a you can see is patch work that washington gas has been doing. however we did get ahold of washington gas. they say there is no imminent danger but say it's now a priority to fix this. they say in a week or so ago they will start work here to replace the pipes. reporting live in silver spring, abc news. michelle: in california a gas leak blamed for this explosion that ripped through a family's home. in this case a contractor hit the gas line. when a gas company worker arrived he orderedve just minutes before the blast. no one was hurt. jonathan: we want to update you about the steam pipe explosion we have been following in the past 48 hours. there is growing concern that amongst the dirt and as fault thrown across

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she reached out to montgomery county councilman tom hucker's office which proved to be a wise move. m.t.a. promising to sent out a crew to cut the grass and remove trash from all three properties at some point this week. >> i just don't want it to go downhill. this is our home. this is where we live. if they can keep up the appearance so it's not trashy, we're willing to work with them. kevin: an unknown factor, the purple line on hold due to the civil lawsuit, will the properties be raised t way for the light rail system? live in silver spring, i'm kevin lewis, abc7 news. alison: thank you. sergey kislyak, the russian ambassador at the center of the investigations in washington is stepping down. he will leave his post in d.c. and return to moscow after nearly a decade here. and antonoff is expected to be his successor. the president communicating with americans via twitter saying president obama did nothing about russia's hacking during the 2016 election season. saying the former president expected hillary clinton to win. the tweets said obama had collusion but there is no evidence