and several fights broke out a khamsin at the monroeville mall . swarms of teenage girls were kicking and punching in fights throughout the mall. swore police estimate that more than a thousand teenagers showed up. the mall at the encouragement of social media. two people were injured and no one was arrested. police say was clearly a misuse of social media. but now they are hoping social media will help lead to identifications and arrests. have cooperating victim's the mall reopened for business today at a heightened police presence in. the mayor of monroeville says he plans to meet with my officials on monday. to work to prevent incidents like this in the future a man suspected of being mentally ill allegedly stole a hearse that contained a casket in los angeles. it happened during a funeral at the south l.a. baptist church yesterday morning. police say the unoccupied hearst had its motor running when an older man jump in and took off. several funeral attendees chase down the hearse and managed to get the man to pull over the driver was taken into

it happened at the monroeville mall in allegheny county.> new this morning, pennsylvania police are investigating a series of fights at a mall that were fueled by posts on social media. it happened at the monroeville mall in allegheny county. police say 1,000 teens were inside the mall at the time. 6 fights happened in a matter of hours. the mall was shut down, no arrests have been made. similar disturbances happened in mall also in tennessee and california and missouri. >>> in the midst of the joy of the holidays we pause to recall an epic tragedy. ten years ago yesterday, a tsunami plowed into 14 countries in asia. 230 people were gone lost by a wall of water set off by a 9.1 earthquake we look at the scars left behind in one part of indoe neesh i -- indonesia. >> reporter: on the streets, things appear normal. women buy and sell fruits and vegetable also. the markets are busy. children's laughter is hurt. but the thing that strikes you most, you can't see a child over the age of 10 years old. all that were wiped out in the tsunami. here'

shut down early yesterday after several fights broke out involving teenagers aivrm shopper at the monroevilleall captured the scene on camera phone. hundreds of young people were involved and two were hospitalized. investigators say the teenagers began showing up 5:00 and at one point the crowd swelled to as many as 1,000. >> and the gestures new year's brid bringing grade will be wearing something special on their costume green ribbons in support of shane montgomery ace family. the mother and uncle brought hundreds of ribbons to the club house in south philadelphia today. he's been missing since thanksgiving morning left a bar in manyunk and has not been sent since. >> in upper darby the fire company got a personal thank you after an important rescue this morning. patterson stopped by the firehouse to meet the firefighters who saved his famous christmas gift. and 50 feet above the ground. firefighters volunteered their own time and brought a truck and lad to just get it down. only did they get his favorites toy back he was able to be a fire fight are for the day. more to compensate takes on

a shopper at the monroeville mall captured the scene on camera phone. you see right there. hundreds of young people were involved and at least two were hospitalized and investigators say the teenagers began showing up right around 5:00 and at one point the crowd swelled to as many as 1,000. >> a grieving father gathers courage to reach out you to for help. here's rick williams with tonight's crime fighter's report he smiled a lot. >> reporter: philadelphia money is honest about his son amir money. >> my son was not perfect period.. he was a typical young man but i know in the end he was up right guy. >> reporter: at about 4:40 in the morning sunday november 9 police were called to front and vine snret camden for reports ever a shooting. when they arrived they could not locate a victim. a short time later they were told a gunshot victim had arrived at cooper university hospital. >> that victim was 24-year-old amir pronounced dead before 6 a.m. and investigators say they have surveillance video of amir going in and out of after hours club just before he was shot. >> we're hop

. >> hundreds of teenagers force add mall to close early last evening at the monroeville mall. ay nearly a thousand teenagers pack the mall all at once. a couple of fights started to erupt stores eventually the entire mall decided to close. investigators will be issuing disorderly conduct citations. police say they arrested two teenagers for fighting. there's a department store worker who tries to confront three people for stealing and she ends up getting assaulted. we want to tell you those are the suspect that is this video may be disturbing. her official title is loss prevention officer at j.c. penney in kentucky trying to stop those three people. but police say the female suspect shoved that 50-year-old woman's face into the concrete. knocked her to the ground and started hit hitting her in the head and in the face. >> this is a situation where these folks would have been facingfacing a misdemeanor charge. they probably in all likelihood would have have been cited and releaseed. instead, they're facing some serious felony crime. rob before he in the first degree. >> police a

the chaos forced the monroeville mall to close early. >> there was all this commotion and there were t heard like a stampede and a bunch of people screaming and yelling and then all of the people that worked at the store came running to the front of the store and shut all the doors and locked you in. >> police say there was minor damage done to the mall. they don't believe it was an organized event or protest. >>> meantime some very tense moments on the tarmac. a jetblue flight was delayed in long beach, california, for nearly two hours because of a bomb threat. police say someone tweeted the threat to the airline as the plane was arriving from seattle. officers searched the jet but didn't find anything suspicious. the incident remains under investigation at this hour. >>> north korea issuing a statement now denouncing sony pictures' release of the movie "the interview." it called president obama the "chief culprit who forced the production company to distribute the film." the statement denounced the u.s. for blaming north korea for a hacking attack on sony pictures earlier this movem

watch this massive fight in pennsylvania at the monroeville mall. just a day after christmas police say 1,000 teenagers walked into the mall but not to take advantage of the sales. a melee erupting causing stores to close early. mall brawls happening from coast to coast since christmas, from pittsburgh, to nashville, to independence missouri to chicago, to sacramento. at opry mills mall in tennessee saturday, 150 people mostly teens. >> kind of just got really chaotic. >> reporter: and in ohio at beachwood place mall yet another teen mall brawl. while police don't know exactly what's causing them they're concerned that teens on social media are calling for others to meet them at the mall. that's what seems to have happened in pittsburgh. an organized event. and now malls are fighting back. now you have ma'ams that are using social media to try to prevent this. >> what they shouldn't be doing is allowing this congregation, which -- a quick flashpoint then turns into a fistfight, which turns into a mini riot. >> reporter: some advise for shoppers? >> d

the chaos forced the monroeville mall to close early. >> all of a sudden there was all this commotionhere were -- you just heard like a stampede and a bunch of people screaming and yelling and them all of the people that work at the store came running to the front of the store and shut all the doors and locked you in. >> police say there was minor damage done to the mall. they don't believe however it was an organized event or protest in any way. >>> tense moments on the tarmac. a jet blue flight was delayed in long beach california for nearly two hours because of a bomb threat. police say someone tweeted the threat to the airline. just as the plane was arriving from seattle. officers searched the jet but didn't find anything suspicious. this incident does remain under investigation. >>> north korea issued a statement today denouncing sony pictures release of the movie the interview. it include add racial slur about president obama. and also called him quote the chief culprit who forked sony to distribute the film. the statement also denounced the us for blaming north korea for a hack

and check out this scene near the monroeville mall near pittsburgh. cell phone capturing the chaos, people pushing and shoving and pushing. shoppers fleeing up the escalators. police say six fights broke out and two teens went to the hospital. >> it appeared to be no set type of a protest. it's just that there were many juveniles. >> reporter: in missouri at the independent center, sirens and unrest as police barricaded the entrance. >> we take that seriously. that's why we were able to get a large police presence here very quickly. for "good morning america," michelle franzen, abc news, new york. >>> and president george h.w. bush is said to be in great spirits but he remained hospitalized a fourth night in a texas hospital. america's oldest living president, 90, was rushed to the hospital tuesday after experiencing difficulty breathing. doctors at houston methodist hospital say he is being kept there as a precaution. >>> and a utah boy is back home after a terrifying ordeal, kidnapped right outside of his own home. the boy's mother asked him to get h

teenagers force add wednesday pennsylvania mall to close early this happened last evening at the monroevilleall. police say nearly a thousand teens pack the mall all at once and there were some fights when those fists started to fly, they eventually closed stores and then the whole mall investigator investigators say they will issue diss orally conduct citations. police say they did arrest two teenagers for fighting. >>> and there's a department store worker she tries to confront three people for stealing and she ended up get assaulted. we want to warn you some of the video is disturb. this is out there in kentucky. that's the j.c. penney in kentucky. a loss prevention officer there trying to stop three people from stealing. but police say a female suspect shoves the 50-year-old woman. victim into the concrete ground knocks her to the ground, starts hitting her in the head in the face. >> this is a situation where these folks would have been facing a misdemeanor charge. they probably in all likelihood would have been cited and releaseed. instead of instead they're face something serious felo

. >>> what a -- overall, this is an ugly chaotic scene at the monroeville mall friday night in pennsylvaniaarms of teenage girls kicking and punching each other. while the witnesses held their phones to record. 1000 -- circulated on social media about the fight, they don't know why it came about. authorities said that two people were injured and no one was arrested in -- and the mall closed early friday night, but reopened on saturday with-please present. >>> fort bragg high school this inviting mendocino high students from a basketball -- possible for terminal monday, over a possible support black lives matter movement. for fort bragg tight that they were concerned about -- most students have been re- invited if they agree not to wear the shirts. the boys team are set to play with -- the girls team will play at all. not enough agreed with the condition and many nba players these days have been warring wearying the shirts in support of the movement. >>> another controversy is brewing over a hollywood movie, egypt has banned a screening of the biblical epic "exodus," doug got sync with -- th

police say up to 1,000 teenagers poured into the monroeville mall last night. al groups got into multiple fooilt fights and forced them to close down. a number of teens were cited for disorderly conduct. >>> the medical examiner says a 4-year-old autistic boy who went missing on christmas eve drowned. jaden morrison's body was found in a pond near myrtle beach, south carolina. hundreds of people helped search for him after he wandered away. police discovered his body yesterday morning. >>> police say a tweeted bomb threat on a jetblue flight was a hoax. it happened overnight from a flight from seattle to long beach, california. all the passengers had to get off while police with bomb-sniffing dogs searched the plane and luggage. >>> this holiday, one third-grade teacher from boston figured out a way to send her students from a low-income, high-risk school home from the break with a guaranteed gift in their hands. but what happened next even surprised her. nicole entered a contest sponsored by capital one bank called "my hashtag wish for others" and wrote a short

. >>> and a fire in a south jersey fire company, chopper 6 hd got to the scene in monroeville, and firefighters had to remove their trucks from the building when the blaze broke out. it was under control quickly without a lot of damage to the building. and late morning headaches for drivers, the cars collided just south of the route 1 exit. one car overturned while one went over the embankment. the accident tied up traffic in the area for more than an hour. >> the festival of lights or hanukkah is being celebrated tonight and mayor michael nutter, helped to light a menorah to celebrate and there were potato pancakes served up. it made for an interesting day of travel for those going through the main concourse. >>> it's time for the check of the "action news" traffic report. lets go live to matt pellman in the traffic center. >> it's an interesting and not so fun night of travel if you are taking the car home, i wish we had better news for our jewish friends it will take a long time to get home, especially on 295 southbound, the jackknifed tractor trailer is gone and the lanes are open near the

the people in monroeville love the story. , scout boo radley street street, atticus bench, all through the community. watching such an incredibly vicious prosecutors and take lace, one of the challenges is that we had narratives in american literature that we celebrate for the wrong reasons. we give out these awards, the atticus finch award, a very famous model that the legal profession has embraced but the truth of it is that tom robinson died in prison. he did not get justice. i certainly want more for the clients we represent than what atticus was able to get. changing that has been the real challenge. we spent six years trying to get mr. mcmillan off of death row. ourot bomb threats at office and we had people following us creating all kinds of hazards in this space where people celebrate the story of "to kill a mockingbird." >> what a story. what happened to walter mcmillan, the lies that were told, what you showed and just the fight all the way through -- convictions,gful as you know, we now have 147 people proven innocent. person now proved one innocent which is a shocking rate

the people in monroeville love the story. there's boo radley street, scout street, atticus bench, all through the community. yet, when i started saying, look we have an innocent black man wrongly convicted of a crime people had no interest in that. it was a bit surreal to be in this space where they were celebrating this story and watching such an incredibly vicious prosecutors and take place. one of the challenges is that we had narratives in american literature that we celebrate for the wrong reasons. we give out these awards, the atticus finch award, a very famous model that the legal profession has embraced but the truth of it is that tom robinson died in prison. >> oh, boy. >> he did not get justice. i certainly want more for the clients we represent than what atticus was able to get. changing that has been the real challenge. so we spent six years trying to get mr. mcmillan off of death row. it is one of the few cases where we got bomb threats at our office and we had people following us creating all kinds of hazards in

the people in monroeville love the story. there's boo radley street, scout street, atticus bench, all through the community. watching such an incredibly vicious prosecutors and take lace, one of the challenges is that we had narratives in american literature that we celebrate for the wrong reasons. we give out these awards, the atticus finch award, a very famous model that the legal profession has embraced but the truth of it is that tom robinson died in prison. he did not get justice. i certainly want more for the clients we represent than what atticus was able to get. changing that has been the real challenge. we spent six years trying to get mr. mcmillan off of death row. we got bomb threats at our office and we had people following us creating all kinds of hazards in this space where people celebrate the story of "to kill a mockingbird." >> what a story. what happened to walter mcmillan, the lies that were told, what you showed and just the fight all the way through -- >> these wrongful convictions, as you know, we now ha

chopper 6 hd flew over the farrell fire station on elk road in monroeville gloucester county. fighters removed their trucks from the building. everyone is okay. where the fire started, how much damage it caused and what sparked it are still being sorted out. the fire company, a fixture since 1945 relies on fundraising and hosts community events. >>> in delaware county, police are piecing together clues in a multiple shooting. they found two people shot and critically wounded inside a home on the 600 block of glen field avenue in glenolden. a third person was also injured. it's unclear if that person had also been shot. all three people were taken to the hospital. police say they arrested the suspected shooter. a motive for the gunfire is under investigation. >> changes are coming to the west chester area school district. the district's board approved a redistricting plan last night that impacts all grade levels. among the changes hillside elementary will no longer be a split school. the 108 high schoolers impacted will have the option to graduate where they started as freshmen.

the chaos forced monroeville mall to close early. >> there was a all this commotion and there were, you a bunch of people screaming yelling, and then all of the people that worked at the store came running to the front of the store and shut all of the doors and lock you in. >> police say there was minor damage done to that mall. they don't believe it was an organized event or protest. >>> all right. well, 6:38 right now. there is still much more ahead on "eyewitness news" coming up next, we will look back at the actors artists musicians and other notable people that the world has lost this year. >>> also from snow and ice to heavy rain we will look back at the weather event that made headlines in 2014. >>> and as for our weather dry for now but rain is moving in carol is tracking the latest when we come ring ring!... progresso! it's ok that your soup tastes like my homemade. it's our slow simmered vegetables and tender white meat chicken. apology accepted. i'm watching you soup people. make it progresso or make it yourself some people think vegetables are boring. but with green giant's

the chaos forced monroeville mall to close early. >> there was all this commotion and there were you ampede and a bunch of people screaming yelling, and then all of the people that worked at the the store came running to the front of the store and shut all of the doors and locked you in. >> police say there was minor damage done to the mall, they don't believe it was an organized event or protest. >>> george hw bush will remain in the texas hospital. bush oldest living president who was admitted just before christmas for shortness of breath. a spokesmen says 90 year-old is in good condition and good spirits. the former president will stay in the hospital throughout the the weekend for observation. bush suffers from a form of parkinson's that has forced him to rely on a motorized scooter. >>> pennsylvania attorney general kathleen cain has filed for divorce. the 48 year-old filed the complaint friday in lackawana county saying her marriage is broken. she and husband christopher cain had been married for 14 years, and they have two children together. a spokesmen for the attorney general

chopper 6 hd flew over the ferrell volunteer fire station on elk road in monroeville gloucester countyfirefighters removed their trucks from the building. everyone is okay. where the fire started, how much damage it caused and what sparked it are still being sorted out. the fire company, a fixture since 1945, relies on fundraising and mosts communities events. >>> in delaware county police are piecing together clues in a multiple shooting. they found two people shot and critically wounded inside a home on the 600 block of glen field avenue in glenolden. a third person was also injured. it's unclear if that person had also been shot. all three people were taken to the hospital. police say they arrested the suspected shooter. the motive for the gunfire is under investigation. >> and meteorologist, david murphy is here with a look at what may be a wet evening, right. >> yeah, it does look like the afternoon and evening are going get at least a little bit wet around here erin. as we look at storm tracker 6 live double scan we have no precipitation this morning and looking further outside,

this was the wild scene at monroeville mall near pittsburgh when fights started to break out. damage was limited, but no one arrested. fights at malls in sacramento, memphis, independence, missouri and a shot fired in ottawa, canada. >>> a tweeted bomb threat was enough to cause a jetblue plane held on the ground and searched overnight. the flight from seattle landed as scheduled in long beach, california, but met by police with bomb-sniffing dogs. a message on the twitter feed claimed there was a bomb on the flight and detonated soon. all passengers had to get off while the plane and luggage was cleared. authorities say the whole thing was a hoax. >>> despite a desperate search, tragedy. the body of a 4-year-old boy found in a pond not far from his grandmother's house. jayden morrison was found in a pond on friday morning. >>> george h.w. bush is said to be in high spirits and making progress, but still in the hospital. nbc's jacob rascon is live with the latest on mr. bush's condition. how is he doing? >> reporter: good morning, betty. we are told he is doing well. not well

the investigation. matt. >> developing overnight, firefighters went to work in south jersey knocking down flames coming from their own fire company. chopperchopper 6 hd flew over te ferrell volunteer fire station on elk road in monroeville their trucks from the building. everyone is okay. where the fire started and how much damage it caused and what sparked it are all still being sorted out. the fire company, a fixture since 1945, real lies on fopped raising and mosts community events. >>> in delaware county police are piecing together clues in a multiple shooting. they found two people shot and critically wounded on the 600 block of glen field avenue in glenolden. a third person was also injured. it is unclear if that person was also shot. all three people were taken to the hospital. police say they have arrested the suspected shooter. the motive for the gunfire is under investigation. >> australians have left thousands of flowers outside the sydney shop where a gunman held siege 17 people hostage. >> the country is mourning the deaths of two hostages who were killed when police stormed the shop. the operation also left the gunman dead. >> australian prime minister tony abbott says 50-year-old monahan mon was not on an

monroeville mall to close early. >> all of a sudden there was all this commotion and you heard a stampede and a bunch of people screaming yelling and then all of theple that worked here came running to the front of the store and shut all of the doors and lock you in. >> police say there was minor damage done to that mall. they don't believe it was an organized event or protest. did you have a holiday gift that is not exactly the perfect fit? well, you better pay attention to these return policies otherwise you could be stuck witt. three on your side consumer reporter jim donovan has some advice. >> reporter: not every gift is a perfect fit and stores understand that. >> we're returning some gifts that we got that we loved but want in a different color. >> reporter: many retailers adopted less flexible return policies that consumer encounter only once per year. so you will want to read pine print on the the gift receipt before heading to the store. beware certain items may carry a least stocking fee such as tv ande electronics and video games and movies cannot be return once opened. target toys-r-us nd wal-mart have a 90 day return policy with some

the chaos forced the monroeville mall to close early. >> all of a sudden there was all this commotionere -- you just heard like a stampede and a bunch of people screaming and yelling and then all of the people that worked at the store came running to the front of the store and shut all the doors and locked you in. >> police say there was minor damage done to the mall. they don't believe it was an organized event or protest of any kind. >>> north korea issued a statement denouncing sony picture's release of "the interview." it called president obama the chief culprit who forced the production company to release the film ." it said the u.s. should produce evidence of its claims. the white house's national security council has declined to comment. >>> about 750,000 people stole digital copies of the interview on christmas day using file sharing software. that is according to the piracy blog torrent freak. the interview scored a lot of legal digital purchases as well and was youtube's number one most streamed movie on christmas day. >>> microsoft's xbox live is back online tonight. while