peter taub is one of six americans who died last month im a suicide attack in afghanistan. had an opportunity to speak with his mother and brother about their terrible loss. >> a free sandwich today. first name. >> reporter: arlene and her son, jonathan taub, own bob and pop's, a family owned restaurant with an emphasis on family. >> that's pete and christina and penelope. >> reporter: pete is ar lean's youngest son. >> i would say he was a really sweet little baby and a sweel little boy. >> reporter: and jonathan's older brother. he was a disciplined and respected airman with a passion to protect his country but his family says he was also quite the jokester. >> one of the things he loved was to be in his suit. he said, mom, i would just put my leg up on the desk like that and everybody would see these bright color polka dot socks. >> reporter: pete deployed to afghanistan october 11th. and arlene says she'll never forget their last conversation. >> we were on skype. probably for about a half hour. >> reporter: days later, on december 21st, life instantly changed. >> i was

. >>> signs remembering peter taub. we're outside his family's restaurant. tonight for the first time his mother is remembering that terrible day. >> i was working in the back office and he just came tearing to the back and said, mom, pete was killed. was killed. >>> coming up a what's that, broheim? i switched to geico and got more. more savings on car insurance? yeah bro-fessor, and more. like renters insurance. more ways to save. nice, bro-tato chip. that's not all, bro-tein shake. geico has motorcycle and rv insurance, too. oh, that's a lot more. oh yeah, i'm all about more, teddy brosevelt. geico. expect great savings and a whole lot more. >>> quite a story on wall street today. stocks slid as the price of crude oil fell to its lowest level since 2003. it is the worst first two weeks of the year wall street has ever seen. alarm over a slowdown in china has caused uncertainty, as well. the dow was down over 400 points at the close today. >>> some economic news in the district has local leaders furious. they are blasting walmart for today's decision to ba

staff sergeant peter taub died with honor but his family says nothing can mask their pain. >> i haveo tell you, at the counter, most of the time i have a veneer on. >> reporter: being at the counter and here at work keeps them going. yes, every day is a struggleç t they know a piece of pete is always with them and it's here that his kind spirit lives on. >> hard to imagine losing your son, a child. but a beautiful family and they say tomorrow in his hometown of cheltenham, pennsylvania, is where they'll have a memorial service for him. >> it looks like that restaurant in d.c. there, a memorial in and of itself. pictures everywhere. >> absolutely. >>> shifting gears now, tom kierein is here. a lot of folks talking about bei bei and wanting to go out early this morning to welcome his public viewing. >> yes. >> it's a coming out for bei bei today. >> the coming out. >> it's going to be a nice morning an a beautiful day to do that. how could you not come out and see this creature? can you see the zipper? there's something inside there. >> i bet that can't be real. there's no creature th

. >>> a public memorial was held today for air force staff sergeant peter taub of montgomery county. dozens turned out in harleysville to remember the cheltenham high school graduate. he was killed in afghanistan last month. he and five others died when a lone suicide bomber on a motorcycle drove into their group and detonated a suicide vest. >>> making their way home. we'll tell you where those american prisoners freed by iran are now. >>> how low can they go? people across the region are feeling less pain at the pump. where you can get gas for less than 2 bucks. glenn? >>> we've been tracking this snow all afternoon. it is just about to move offshore. but we have a much more significant potential winter storm in the seven-day forecast, and i'll have more on that coming up after this. >> announcer: this nbc 10 first alert winter weather update is brought to you by buckmans, your cold weather experts. >>> three american prisoners released by iran are on their way to germany. first they made a stop in geneva, switzerland. this is video of their plane touching down there. four american

. >>> services were held this morning for a montgomery air man killed in afghanistan, peter taub was one of six americans killed in a suicide attack in afghanistan last month. and his funeral was at st. john's church in easton. >>> turning now to accuweather and the weekend forecast, as we look live from sky 6 hd at penn's landing on a cloudy but mild afternoon, we are expecting drizzle but a warm and wet weekend is on tap. meteorologist, melissa magee is on the terrace with the latest from accuweather. >> the clouds are starting to move on in and they are dominant for the rest of the afternoon and evening and even as we head into the weekend, currently in philadelphia despite the clouds it's 2 degrees above average for this time of year. 42 in trenton and 48 in atlantic city and cooler to the north and west. upper 30s for reading and lancaster and 40 in allentown and to the north and west there is an air quality alert, an inversion layer going on polluting the surface there from reading to lancaster and the air is unhealthy for sensitive groups today. monitor your outdoor activities

. >>> today there will be a memorial for air force staff sergeant peter taub of montgomery county. taub was one of five americans killed by a suicide bomber in afghanistan last month. the memorial will be held at the towamencen fire hall. >>> tomorrow marks the observance of martin luther king observance day. >> i am sure that none of you would want to rep content with a super official analysis that deals merely with a death and does not grapple with underlying causes. >> yesterday eastern state penitentiary hosted a reading of the letter from the birmingham jail. about a month after it was published, officials in birmingham agreed to desegregate schools and businesses. more readings are scheduled for today and tomorrow. >> i have a dream. >> tomorrow our country will pause to remember the reverend dr. martin luther king on the national holiday that bears his name. for a list of the king day observance events in philadelphia, tap the nbc 10 app or logon to nbc10.com. >>> the martin luther king holiday was off to an early start late night in philadelphia's old city. >> i hear you. >

air force staff sergeant peter taub was one of six troops killed in a suicide bombing on december 21st near bagram air base in afghanistan. fellow soldiers and veterans lined the streets outside saint john's evangelical church to pay tribute to taub. he was just 30 years old. >> he may be gone but he clearly isn't being forgotten. >> i don't know why you get in impression. desean jackson still not happy with chip hip. guess you can't blame him. not only was chip kelly's job ripped away after losing two of all people desean jackson and the redskins nearly two weeks ago but now jackson is ripping the former eagles coach. the redskins receiver called this karma after chip abruptly cut him two years ago and then made more drastic changes which of course blew up in his fails. in an interview with the football blog monday morning quarterback jackson says today "i'm a firm believer that bad karma comes back on you. when you ruin a team that you do things to people's lives, you release people, trade people, you get rid of good players who built something with the community, with the fans, with

staff sergeant peter taub was a graduate of cheltenham high school.ervices will be later this morning in easton northampton county. services will also be held today for a 5-year-old autistic boy who disappeared new year's eve and later found dead in a lehigh valley canal. he had run away from the party. the public is invited to celebrate the life of jaleel this afternoon in allentown. >> a search is under way to find the cause of an explosion at a dow chemical plant in northern massachusetts. four people with shrapnel and burn injuries are listed in critical condition. it happened in north andover. it appears that a chemical reacting to water likely triggered the blast. dow chemical says there are no risks to the community near the site. dow is merging with dupont to create a giant chemical producer, that means dupont is cutting 1700 local jobs. employees in delaware started getting pink slips this week. the cuts impact 10 locations in delaware including dupont's headquarters. >> new jersey lawmakers will decide next week whether to increase the legal

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. >>> today there will be a memorial for air force staff together peter taub of montgomery county.b was one of five americans killed by a suicide bomber in afghanistan last month. the memorial will be held at the towamencen fire hall in harleysville. >>> the new edition of adolf hitler's mein kampf is a best seller in germany. the first 4,000 copies sold out in less than a week. mein kampf also made the nonfiction best seller list in a top german magazine. hitler published his political manifesto years before he came to power. this edition is the first since world war ii. sales of the book were blocked for decades out of respect for holocaust victims. >>> the time is 9:43 on this sunday. a new chief will soon be sweeping into the eagles nest. that's just ahead coming up in sports. >>> good sunday morning to you. we're checking our weather headlines. and we do have the possibility of some snow showers and flurries moving through the area today in parts of our region, especially north and west of philadelphia and extreme southern delaware and south jersey. keeping an eye on that. as

. >>> happening today a memorial for air force staff sergeant peter taub of montgomery county will be held. taub was one of five americans killed by a suicide bomber in afghanistan last month. the memorial will be held at the towamencen fire hall in harleysville. >>> this american missionary is among the dead in a terror attack in west africa. that's what we're learning this morning. mike rittering was waiting for fellow missionaries from south florida to arrive when the siege started. gunmen stormed a luxury hotel in burkina faso on friday night and opened fired. they killed at least 28 people. dozens were able to escape or they were released unharmed. government and french forces killed the four terrorists involved in the attack. al qaeda has claimed responsibility. >>> the mexican military released new footage from a raid on one of the hideouts of drug lord joaquin "el chapo" guzman. mexican marines raided the property in october hoping to catch the fugitive after his second escape from prison. el chapo left several items behind. officials say the drug kingpin knew authorities were

in a suicide bombing in afghanistan was laid to rest today. 30-year-old air force staff sergeant peter taub graduated from sheltenham high school, the father of a 3-year-old girl with another child on the way. one of six u.s. troops killed in a suicide bombing before christmas. services also held today for a 5-year-old autistic boy who ran off from a party on new year's eve. he was later found dead in a lehigh valley canal. police believe his death was a tragic accident. >>> today marks the fifth anniversary of the shooting of former congresswoman gabby giffords. bells rang out across the state in honor of the victims at the moment of the shooting that left six people dead, 13 others injured, and the gunman, jared lockner opened fire during an event in a supermarket parking lot. giffords was shot in the head, left with a severe brain injury but has since become a vocal gun control activist. lockner is serving life without parole. >>> now your nbc 10 first alert weather with chief meteorologist glenn "hurricane" schwartz. >> well, it's been a good week for the poconos, able to make snow, but

tonight, air force staff sergeant peter taub will be recognized by the cheltenham high school class of 2004. the ceremony takes place at 7:45 at the board of school directors meeting. taub died in december while serving in afghanistan. the event is open to the public. >>> we are less than four hours away from president barack obama's final state of the union address. take a live look right now at the capitol building in washington, where the president will deliver his speech to a joint session of congress. optimism is expected to be the theme of tonight's address. let's go live to nbc 10 national correspondent steve handelsman. he has a preview of tonight's speech. good evening, steve. >> good evening. already the intense competition the 2016 presidential campaign and how it's ratcheting up the already poisonous level of partisanship around the country and here in washington is cutting into the president's speech. what happened in the persian gulf could have an effect. if the iranians, and remember it's president obama said we can trust them at least enough to do a nuclear weapons deal

staff sergeant peter taub was one of six americans killed in a suicide bombing near bagram air bass last. he was a native of wyncote and a graduate of cheltenham high school. funeral services were this morning at saints evangelical coach. taub left behind a young daughter an pregnant wife. >> a pennsylvania state trooper who was ambushed in the poconos will attend this year's state of the union address. trooper alex douglass was critically injured in september 2014 in a shooting at a state police barracks. corporal bryan dickson was killed in the same attack. douglas was awarded the pennsylvania state police's purple heart for his bravery. he'll attend president obama's final state of the union as a guest of pennsylvania senator pat toomey. >>> septa police officers are now wearing body cameras while out on patrol throughout the city's transit system. it's a $400,000 initiative that began at the start of the new year. septa ran a six month pilot program last year which involves officers testing out 10 different models of the cameras. septa police chief thomas nestle today showing off the

air force staff sergeant peter talk was one of six americans killed in a suicide bomb attack in afghanistan last week. taub's mom and stepfather own a restaurant in dupont circle. his remains will be taken to pennsylvania where he will be laid to rest. taub's wife is expecting their second child coming up in the spring. >>> still ahead, while millions make up new years resolutions to get in shape, see how one school is helping students make fitness a lifetime for students. >> but first, how a simple party favor touched off a massive blaze. leaving hundreds of people homeless. neighborhood,i feel like it's got a lot of what we were kinda talking about. the kitchen is light and bright,new. we should definitely go see it. [agent] hi...welcome i'm maggie.melanie.maggie. so nice to meet you. [mother] this is brendan. [agent] hey brendan. living room. [dad] hey. [mother] hey sweetie. [dad] sorry about that. what about this? this looks good. [brendan] no. [mother] isn't it so great?i think we found it. [agent] hey brendan,you might like this room. [announcer]redfin pays its agents based on your happiness... that's