early that morning, 27-year-old chester jackson was shot and killed outside a local ihop restaurant.ater, his family and friends have gathered near the scene to hold an impromptu memorial. john and rebecca are on their way to the restaurant to report on the story. >> it turns out one of our assignment editors had some relationships with people who knew chester jackson. so i called her and said what's going on? what's the emotional temperature out there? what can i expect? and she says, well, i've talked to some of the people out there. they know you're coming. they're willing to talk to you. they have a picture of him. and i said who do i talk to? she says anybody. >> rebecca and john arrive at the scene and walk toward the memorial, but they are warned by other news crews that the mood of the crowd of mourners is tense. >> someone had mentioned that it was quite dangerous over there, but we didn't really think that because we had somebody who had told us we were able to speak with these people. somebody from our station who knew the victim told us they knew we were coming. >> undete

there, so that's good news for drivers in that direction of chester county 2067892. 202 is looking good between route 27 and you can take jackson or wolf streets to get around snyder avenue. if you're taking mass transit, everything is on or close to schedule. and the area bridge we saw a lot of speed restrictions yesterday but we are not seeing that today. bridges are all clear. >>> getting cold outside. the numbers are coming down this morning, but that's all that's coming down. there are some scattered clouds this morning, both house row is completely vibrant and dry 367891 at philadelphia international with the wind picking um by 1-mile-an-hour. . in looking at the snow near the pocano mountains, finally snow is headed into our area with a quick-moving system tomorrow during the afternoon and evening hours to likely give us some wet weather. today, after seeing the clouds break this morning, you can see the thicker clouds just in with breaks of sunshine. that will limit temperatures in the upper 30s to lower 40s todayle. a chilly one but not as windy as yesterday with the winds anywhere from 5 to 10 miles an hour. tonight,

jackson. >> reporter: john thomas runs the state prison in chester.it's home to pennsylvania's largest drug treatment program. >> warehousing does not work. when you're just incarcerating men and they don't receive any treatment whatsoever, they go home worse. >> reporter: spend an hour inside what's called the therapeutic community. and you'll notice this does not sound like prison. the state department of corrections wouldn't let us speak to inmates or show their faces, but many talked openly about their journey toward sobriety. >> i'm trying to get back. >> statewide, 81 correction staffers and 11 drug and alcohol treatment specialists work to get these prisoners off drugs and out of prison. but studies say it's not working. the u.s. department of justice concluded pennsylvania's treatment program led to quote, no significant effect on rearrests or drug relapse. >> when you hear that the department of justice says that this program is ineffective or has no impact, what do you think? >> that's not true. >> reporter: lynn robertson is the therapeutic

jackson street and mifflin to get by. finally in west town, 26th street southbound at stetson school road, styles boulevard, we have condition trucks out there in west chester area. it has the right lane block this morning. so, with more about that gas main break, lauren. >> that is right sue. we will head out to the breaking news in south philadelphia where more than a dozen people were woke up in the middle of the night following a gas main break. >> lets get the latest from jennifer gist live at 13th and snyder jennifer. >> reporter: that is right good news here we just watched as people were going back inside their homes here at the stretch of 13th and snyder. fire department says 4-inch fast main in the street was cracked and it has been fix. about a tall john chief says it is now under control. pgw is working on the scene, they had main shut off to prevent any potential dangers but again the fire department says that people are allowed back inside at this point. total of 17 people were evacuated from six properties which were broken up in to apartments along the 1300 block of snyder. gas leak was detect at 3:00 this morning someone walking down the st