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ther to a 3-yearld gl and loving husband to wife with anotrhild on the way. tonig, at family and this commuty a mourng the death kild yesterday in afghanistan. it is tuesday night, j is off and i'm brian taff. the big story is reaction to the death of a local airmen, one of six americans killed yesterday in suicide bombing. dann cuellar spoke to sff sergeant ta's father tonigh de is live at the satellite a truly devastating loss tonight. >> that is rit. we learned that peter taub is it a nate of wyncot that he was in afghanistan.know they say he apparently didn't want them to know, for fear they would worry. >> i had no idea unt steay. arabia.ht he was in saudi >> the family of 30-year-old air force staff sgeant peter tb confied he was among the six kied when the convey was hit

by a suicideomb attack and the >> a great personality.ity. was funny, thoutful, a really good family man. he loved his wife, and i think re so he loved his daughter. >> taub was the father of a 3-year-old daughter with another child on the way, h wife due give birth in ne. the family says tt he was in the servi eight years, and recely re-enlisd for another fr and was supposed to come home in april. and his father spoke with him on sy 2 1/2 wee ago. >> wead a nice conversation. and he sd he was in prey good spirit he was a lite me mrfshgs -- a little s beu he was not me for the holidays. >> i loved peter very much. he was e son i never had. >> and jeff, a family frid created a gofundme site for his

wife and ughter. >> and he realizes that his wife and daughter probablyeed finanal assistance, so he tk this upon hself to help them out. >> the family says taub's body, along with e ve others will thrown to dovers air force base tomorrow whereheyre honored for their service. and the second of the a foe, along with others are expected to behere for that. dann cuellar for channel 6 >> thank you. > all phoenville area schools are open tomorrow after a bomb scare at the mdle school. because the policeade quick work of the case apprehended the suspect toght. the dtrictfficials say it started within appropriate text ssages sent to several studentsnd escalatedo a bomb threat toy. theiddle school evacuated and swept by the pice a clead. and queioning a person of interest in the hel homicide.

psychiatrt howarbaker strangled in his room on walt late saturday night. and ceras shod him checking bnging a man back to his the man is spotted lat lving with backpknd wall. and the 75-year-old doctor was found naked and chokedogether with a belaren his neck. t investigato say they don't know if it started as a sex act or as a robbery. and follong a deloping police are investigating the e report of major diamond hst to the tune of several hundred thsand dollars. and wt are the police telling but this? >>ell brian, detectives say repted $3,000 worth of diamonds slen off of a victim. now the pice say there is no survllance fooge and no "action news" cameras were there when the victim was explaing

the major theft to detecves ments earlier. he tells police he was just leing jewels row when two men made off with his bag. iid $340,000 wor of diand, describing the spect as wearing a red jacket and the other in a black jket and brn hat. and the police sourceays the victim is fromut of the county a aowed to show diamos herithe.s. but does not have a license to do busins here. reportg live for cnnel 6 "acti news." >> thank you. > monsignor wilam lynn gettg a new trial after his cop convictions was overtned r a second time. he wasirst convict of child endangerment in 2012 for his handling of s abuse allegaons against priests.

and he w the first concted but not accused of molestation himself. and the conviction was overturned and reinstated and now overtned again. and thettorneyaid they will seek to have him released from ison pending the trial. i dond the first dayf winter, what is onhe weather isain and fog. andust as we hit the rd for the holiys. and cecily tynan is tracking it. >> dling with roundsf rain the weekend into next we.rou and double scan live showing what's going on. you see the moisture moving up from the south and westnd tt wl be moving in duringhe day it will be here by lunchtime. tight really the main problem is the fact that we have qui a bit of fog out there. visibility actually,ere we go, by computer is going a little bit crazy rht now. visibility showsensest fog in

the nthwest subus, rding the visibility down 1/3 mile. alltown 1.5. pottstown and quakertown 2.5 and i expect it will ovepread a good portion of o regions in thevernight a we could hav a dense fog advisoryy the national weath service. the morning comme, areasf fog and dzzle n a steady rain. usextra time. by 8:00, 55. and the temratures are already quite mild and tomorrow is a big travel da a the weath will cse some pblems. it can make for some misable and tomorw around one inch of rain. expect travel deys. thisill open dr for a surge of all kind of december

warmth. christmas e 76 degrees. and more record warmth and the rai and all the dai in the accuweath seven-day forecast. >> thank you. and asain continues to me and go throh tomorrow, check back at 6abc.com/wther for the vy latest. y can use stormtracker 6 live dar to make sure you know what's coming heading through the holidays. a mounlr man senteed 30 years bind barsor murderinhis wife. kyle crby pled guilty to rangling erica cppen on n year's eve last year and dumping herody in maryland. the remains we notound f and the prosecutors acced csby'mother for tpering with edence and hindering the conviction. and the charg ainst h wl be dismissed. looking for the personho

shot a girl when sheas in the back of her mom's ca suddenly someo started shooting. one of the bults pierc the car door aity had the girln both of her legs. the family does not thi they re the iended target the 10-year-old child is hospitalized tonight. omcast operating cable servicen philadelphia at ast the next 15 years. mayor michael nutter signed a frche agreement. t city gets 5%f t comcast revenue dast year that s nearly $18 miion. and comcast is increasing serve for low-income seniors. a customer svice workers will work out of ture houses. ♪ politics. new jersey governor chris ristie climbing in the polls

natiolly. his strategy focusing on new hampshire may be paying off aheadf the first primary. and a new poll shows him tripling his nuers. and trump is top, and ted cruz a close seco. and a recent boston harold pole, christie vyi for second place with cruz a mar rubio. nd donald trump fr, at a speech lastight he cald hiary clinton disgusting for taking a bhroom break and then used a term for the male genitali and clton's claim would not

respond tthe insts. and fresh sisf a budget breaklew in harrisburg. it may end what ia sth monday stalemate. andoderateepublicans broke with the party leadehip to join docrats in a very close 100-97 ve clrgne of the hurdles for getting the budget past. and tomorrow the package fored by gernor wolf can come up for ve. and there is a $1 billion tax increase and pension rorm still in limbo tonight. supreme court justice aiken suspend the with the porngate emas. and eils with lewd content nt by aik were insensitive

and inappropriate. and coming after his tesmony was apogetic, t will be paid rg trial that cld result in the removal from the and may be taking t ld investigang officer shootings in the police department. and charles ramsey sd thewo agenes are working on this arrangemt for months. andews of the plan came durg a status uate detailing the police department's progre refourms in -- reforms for use of body force. and returning home in time for the hodays, greeted by dozens of warriors watch rers and a hero's vkell at t airpo. and they ee ees -- th says he

urted her. > and panic shoppers after a gun shots rang out in a packed new york mall. and incdible rescue. buried 60 hours from a ldsle and the fog that is developing in the western suburbs that is spreang to the east. details on whatt mea for the morni commute. and traveling tomorrow and record warmth inhe acceath forect. and jamie apody talksbout how temple fared in the bowl game that ended minutes ago.

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shooting in the rooseve field ma and one person was st during an attempted robbery. a mall worker shot in the shoulder and one susct imdty taken into custody by an off-duty nydp deputy inspector. it was never evacued but people were panicked. >> people were running and screing and running on top of we ran as ft as we could. >>hey ted to keep everybody calm in the store but everye washaken up because of what is >> and the victim in serious but stable ntn. the woman who t police say intentionally drove her car into the crowds opeople on the have l vegas stipulate is in court tomorrow. charged with muer, child abuse and felonyit and run. s haseen in jail sin she plowed her car into people sunday nig while her 3-year-old was in the back seat. one person killednd dozens of others injured. afterorehan 60 hours a

survivor has been pulled from a massiveanlide in cha. the 21-yr-old was rushed to the hospital and is in stable condion tonigh the ldslideappened when a untain of constru wastend mud collapsed. and they are searching for people missing. a secret service agent missing hisun and badge, both ste ouof his personal vecle in brd daylight. happened mondayear the whithous the agent said his radio, hand cuffs and flash drive also ne. the secret service decned to charges upgraded to murder against three women accused of beating a hels man to teth at gas station. mmeing barnes with a hammer, a piece of wood and their fis. and he was in a coma before dng. and the charg against the

you natural and firi an ae aft arre forward sexually asulting a former student. engaging in sual acts with a student for almost two years. ty say it happened when s word at the middle school. motrs in chargehowedff the new location. to families who lov ones have been murdered. and food appear open house at the new locion 520 nth delaware avenue in nthern libties. it was a chanceor people to arn more about that organization. > 5,000 people dsended on stehge in england to mark the winter sotice. many dssed as what else, druids to see this one rise on is day, the shoest of the year in the nthern hemisphere. and the temperatures above 60

degrees. and stonehenge is belved to have been used by ain't societies including tracking the mements of the sun. >>e haven'teen ch sun >> not a lot to peop around here. butarmemperature it is across the pond he as well. and we should s sunshine by christmas eve a that will let t tperatures to rock. i think i should have a new yr e's pl party. we don'tave the rn o tre right now. a lot of fog though. and the rain will be movg in duringhe day tomorr. and the action cam, plymouth meetingn bouer rd and mie apody ld us about this if you dve up and you put your rio station on 91.5, a those lights a synchronized to mu music. dt is really cool and doing

a great job, set for the holidays. > and temperature-wise feeling like spring. 59 in philelphia. and they made snow inhe poconos this weekend, and a lot of that is melting rht now. the current temperature 50 degrees. visibility is droing very quickly. readi a lancaste 1/3 of a mile. millville, allentown a mile and a ha. trenton 1.7. philalidropped bound to lancaster and areas to the west under den f advisynd i would nobe surpred if we ve a dense fog inhe ernightos because the f cod be a problem torrow morning. and satellite 6 a aio radar showing if you looko the south you can see showers woing thu the conas into virginia. all of tt is heading our way tomrow. furetracker showing 8:00 in the morning plenty clou, some fog and spoy shors and then it fills in around

periods of rain heavyt times, 58 degrees. a mild rain. itontinues into the afternoon. 5:00 a lotf that latesng up to the north. then anoer rou tomoow and when is when temperares peak in the m to upper 60 tomorrow nh likely tying a record high. christmas eve is when you really feel the warm. withhe warm front tthe nor we get a surge of temperatures, 25 to 35 degrees above avere. reay upnd down the eastern seaboar and i thinkhis wl be the warmest december day on record for a large part of ouriewing area. the first line, the forecast the second one, t standing record and i think a lot of records will fall. a-timdecember warmth on christmas eve. and the excluve accuweather seven-day recast tomorrow an ugly day. fog, soaking ra, 66 deges the hi. tying t record high. on christmas eve we will see

some sunshine and ireing clos, 76 drees all-time sease warmth. a cold front moves tough in the afteron and ening hour round of rain and perhaps round thunderstorm. and then it is warm but n as bmy,8 degrees. a another round of rain christmas night into satury. saturday cool a damp, 56 degrees. and then were stuck in an unsettledeaer pattn. and monday 50 and hos, and tuesdays mtly cloudy with a high of 57 degrees. every day for t nt week we're loong at tperatures above normal. and every single day we have an oprtunity for at letome showers >> and i am wear pants. >> just in ca, we got some phone calls, huh? >> i w getti inundad. "healthcheck" at 11:0 some of new year resoluons.e thinking all seven of these steps are nked to a reduction in heart

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lsalle hosting mii. scong five points in five seconds. see what i me? that pof night. iwas 94-49. wt a day for iiah miles, e doublheader in brooklyn. the senior forwardith 36, 15 792, theyre 9-2. "jimmy kimmel live" xt. and weontinue at 4:30, and now for cecily tynan, jamie apody, ducis rodgers, jim gardner and the entire "actionews" tm i'm brian taff. have a great nit, see you tomorrow.