breaking news this morning, a gas leak forces families out of their homes and into the cold. we are live where they are working to fix the problem. and a new threat. a video from hostages with their lives on the line. and no ice on the way to work but the snow is in the forecast. right now it s 31 degrees outside. smooth ride to work. all is well. yes. always a glass half full. good morning this is nbc 10 news today. i m chris cato. i m tracy davidson. let s find out what bill henley has to say about the first-alert forecast and what is to come. temperatures are drop right now. we ll see them come down another few degrees before they start a slow climb to the lower 40s this afternoon. clouds, a partly cloudy sky to start with. the clouds will increase as the day goes on but tomorrow we ll see some snow developing for parts of the area. look at the cold pottstown, 29 degrees. 30 in mt. holly. 32 at philadelphia international. but we will see some sunshine to start
were displaced and now we are down to two people displaced. we talked to a man earlier who said he didn t know there was trouble until someone knocked on his door. i was asleep and someone was knocking on the door pretty cloudy. i saw the fire truck and now am out here waiting for them to finish. reporter: could you smell anything? yes, you could smell it inside as well as outside. reporter: firefighters say the initial readings had the natural gas level at 60% creating the risk for the explosion and prompted the evacuation. it s a cause of the leak in the foreign line. two people filled this place and should be back in their apartment apartments soon. isis says they will kill two japanese hostages if it doesn t get $200 million by friday. this is an image from the video isis released overnight on militant websites to show two men identified as japanese citizens dressed in orange jump suits. this video is similar to other isis videos of hostages. the prime minister
snow. the timing on both coming up in a few minutes. well the winter weather is keeping outdoor workers busy this week. water department crews have responded to more than 180 water main breaks due to the cold. tree experts were busy trimming limbs after yesterday s strong winds brought down branches. they say now is the time to check for damage. it s a good time to look at them because all the leaves were off them. can you see any damage that s in the tree more exposed where the leafs are off. water crews in the city are working 12-hour shifts right now. they say even new pipes can crack in this kind of cold. we ve been looking into what you can do to make sure the bitter cold doesn t wreak havoc on your home. doug shimell. live in mayfair. i never would have thought of the tip you re about to share with us. reporter: this was an interesting one. of course, everything begins and ends with the condition of your roof. a succession of snowfalls sitting up there is
and of course it was an emotional night as hundreds turned out to remember a slain philadelphia police officer. plus, rain coming later. let s get details from dave murphy and matt pelman who is filling in for karen. and i ll start you guys with satellite this morning. we do have some breaks in the clouds and there could be some early sunshine. but overall we are looking at clouds increasing and eventually that rain you see south of pittsburgh is going to start marching in. 34 degrees right now philadelphia. 32 in wilmington, 27 in allentown. a lot of these numbers close to the freezing mark, some cases a little below and as a result i want you to be careful of that melting snow from yesterday refreezing overnight and creating icy patches both on side streets and sidewalks. as we roll through the day, 34 right now on your storm tracker 6 app. 38 degrees by 8 o clock and by noon up to 48 with a high of 53 at 3 o clock this afternoon. and again, during the afternoon hours
really important to look at how to change the environment for folk in communities that are most impacted which includes making healthy foods more available and local retail as well as looking for ways to look at policy and regulation to reduce access to unhealthy foods including sugary drinks. so, i want to thank you all for bringing this to the attention of the public and thank you for this opportunity for folk to talk about just how bad sugary drinks are for our health because we re finding out in the community that folk don t know yet just how bad this is to community health. we are also conducting focus groups currently in community to hear about what community folks think with regards to what the science is about what kind of a policy interventions we need to use. so, we ll share that information with you all as soon as we learn what community folks think about different policy interventions and we d love to partner with you all to make sure that we re doing what the sci