Special investigations and had been gone two months. You just found out that he was in afghanistan just yesterday. When the soldiers came to the door with the message. Reporter it shatters a future for a 30yearold. He loves his family. He loved his daughter. Its like the apple of his eye. Reporter taub and his wife are expecting their second child. Family looked forward to him returning home in april. In washington, d. C. , where family members run a popular restaurant, his mother says he and his brother had plans for a farm. Now theyre planning to bring him home and still trying to understand. The senseless killing of these six guys and women out there. It just makes just makes no sense. Reporter the family tells me pete taub still had a lot of friends from here at Cheltenham High School and he saw them whenever he was back in town. They were thinking about them as well today. Live in cheltenham township, lauren meek. Were learning more about two of the other victims of the bombing. Major adrianna wortvorderbrugge. Her marriage to her partner was viewed as a milestone. Air National Guard joseph lemm was killed. He was a 15year veteran of the new york police department. Later tonight the pentagon is expected to reveal the identities of the other three victims. New information now about a 75yearold psychiatrist found dead in a center city hotel. Dr. Howard baker is his name. He was found yesterday morning on the floor of his room at the roadway inn. He was naked with a belt tied around his neck. His backpack and wallet were missing. An autopsy determined baker was strangled. Surveillance video shows two men visiting his room at different times sunday evening. Police are looking for the second man who was seen leaving with his backpack. We dont really know what his routine is yet. We talked to the wife. She did not know that he was even there. Police say they dont know if prostitution is involved and theyre not calling this case murder. Detectives are back out checking cameras in the area for more information. This just in. A new jersey grand jury will decide whether to indict a walmart truck driver for a deadly crash involving comedian tracy morgan. The new information revealed today in a hearing for kevin roper. His attorney was trying to get the case against him thrown out. He is charged in last years crash on the new jersey turnpike that injured morgan and killed his friend and fellow comedian james mcnair. Prosecutors say the grand jury will release its findings tomorrow. Now family and friends gathering to remember a jersey shore teen the subject of a murder investigation. A vigil is being held for her, a middletownship cape may county. Police found the 15yearolds body in the basement of an abandoned home last week. She had been missing for nearly two weeks. Police are investigating the death as a homicide but havent charged again with a crime. They arrested three men who knew the victim on unrelated charges. Winter is officially in full swing. Technically. As you know, it doesnt feel like anything santa would be accustomed to or comfortable in. In camden it was warm and wet this afternoon. Were getting a break from the rain but not for long. Lets go to glenn hurricane schwartz. Before we deal with more rain we have to worry about dense fog out there. There is a little bit of fog around right now. I think its going to get more dense as the night goes on. We can still see fairly well outside the studio now but we can also see that there is hardly any wind, the humidity is very high. The ground is wet. And its kind of a nice combination for fog. We dont have any rain that is around right now, but the clouds are thickening back to the west and southwest. And thats going to eventually lead to rain and eventually come up this way. The other thing going up, the temperature. It was only 43 sunday. 57 yesterday. 61 today. Going for 68 tomorrow. That actually happening tomorrow evening. And then an easier record to break on thursday. 60 degrees right now. In philadelphia area. So its going to be warm all night tonight. But thats still nothing compared to Christmas Eve. One for the record books coming up in just a few minutes. The Philadelphia Police department received praise today from the department of justice. Here is why. You may remember commissioner Charles Ramsey asked the Justice Department to review Police Policies and practices in the wake of an increased number of police shootings. The department recommended more than 90 changes. And today Philadelphia Police announced almost all of them have begun to be implemented. Incoming commissioner richard ross says he hopes to have them all in place within his first six to nine months on the job. The thing people forget, i have been the number two or eight years. I have been a part of this from the beginning, since his tenure. I want to highlight that for a reason if people expect this dramatic change in leadership. I talked about this in terms of passing the baton. We have one of the greatest Police Chiefs in the country. Police Department Data shows a drop in the use of deadly force by officers. They say this year more officers have faced gunfire from suspects. Many philadelphians wondering how a new Police Commissioner will impact the city. Ramsey set to retire in january. Hell turn the reins over to Deputy Commissioner ross. Nbc 10s George Spencer sat down with Seth Williams, philadelphias district attorney, for an interview. With a changing of the guard, always questions about the new regime. We heard ross say he has been number two for eight years. You got Seth Williams take on Law Enforcement for next year. He sees the Law Enforcement team, Police Working with prosecutors, moving into 2016 with some strong momentum, but policy changes will impact the way officers do their jobs and budgetary concerns linger here in the d. A. s office. For philly p. D. , 2016 is a changing of the guard. Commissioner Charles Ramsey retiring and his successor, richard ross jr. Taking the reins. Its a change that will impact Law Enforcement citywide. I look forward to continuing the innovations of commissioner ramsey with commissioner ross. Williams says ross will inherit strong momentum led by a dramatic drop in homicides despite a blip last year. But with the new administration, a promise to fully end the controversial stop and frisk policing tactic. Williams maintains the practice is constitutional but it has eroded trust among people who feel its used unevenly. We have to find the balance of preventing crime without violating the Constitutional Rights of the citizens. Reporter it comes in the midst of a National Debate on mandatory minimum sentencing rules, especially for nonviolent drug cases. Philly has already decriminalized small amounts of marijuana. Our city supports mandatory minimums on sex and gun crimes but says society cant incarcerate everyone who has made a mistake. Mandatory minimums have their place for specific types of crimes. But our prison population has grown exponentially. Reporter looking forward to 2016, a major goal for williams is a bigger budget for his strained office. Of the 21 cities with the most crime in america, the 21 counties with the most crime in america, we have the smallest budget. Reporter to that end williams says he plans a lobbying for the new year encouraging mayor elect kenny and the city council to produce a budget for his office that he says is, quote, commensurate with the d. A. s office work and with the citys level of violence. George, on the topic of the citys violence the d. A. Mentioned the declining homicide rate. What did he say about what else can be done . The numbers are still pretty high . Reporter they are, jim. The d. A. Is focused on guns. He says 84 of the homicides in the city of philadelphia are caused by guns so his focus with police is on stopping the flow and reducing the number of those straw purchases. Live tonight in center city, George Spencer, nbc 10 news. New at 6 00, the president of a birks county soccer club surrendered to police on charges he stole thousands of dollars from the group. Jermaine martin is president of the wilson jr. Club and used the clubs debit card to make 70,000 of withdrawals. The club suspended him over the summer. The philadelphia, a setback to to for the immigrant community. Mayor nutter changed his policy on working with federal immigration authorities. The Mayors Office says it will give Immigration Services information about a person in custody if i. C. E. Asks about a certain person. Theyll only share information about people who meet certain criteria, for instance if theyre accused of terror related crimes or felonies. Proimmigration Rights Groups have spoken out and mayor elect kenny says hell reverse the change next month when he takes office. Comcast will continue to provide cable and Internet Service for the next 15 years. Mayor nutter signed legislation at city hall. Under the agreement philadelphia will continue getting 5 of Comcast Cable tv revenue in the city. Last year that totalled 18 million. Mayor nutter says the deal will improve Customer Service standards and expand Cable Service discounts to lowincome seniors. Comcast is the Parent Company of nbc 10. Next on nbc 10 news at 6 00, its technology that could have prevented last mays deadly Train Derailment in philadelphia. Up next we get an exclusive look at how positive train control works. Nearly 300 local veterans get a holiday surprise. How one south Jersey Community is making their dreams come true today. Its already warm, and you can expect it to keep warming up as we approach christmas. Ill tell you about some records were expected to shatter in my nbc 10 first alert sevenday forecast. Holiday seasons just like football season. You got your big games. And regular games. Get it all at a great price. And the Holiday Season is won. Everything in one place. My giant. A Burlington County man today admitted to killing his wife last new years eve and dumping her body in maryland. Kyle crosby will serve 31 years in prison. Crosby admitted to strangling his wife inside their home last december 31st. Police found his wifes body three months later in rural maryland. Today amtrak gave nbc 10 a look at positive train control and why the technology could have prevented the deadly derailment in may. Amtrak activated ptc on trains between philadelphia and new york over the weekend. The Safety System uses gps and other tracking systems to automatically stop trains in danger of derailing. The system would activate if the trains engineer falls asleep at the controls. If the engineer doesnt acknowledge the fact saying yes, i am awake and alert, it will also take over control of the brakes of the train and bring the train to a stop. Ptc was activated on trains from philadelphia to washington last week. Its now completely installed along the northeast corridor. The amtrak Train Derailment in may killed eight people and 200 others were hurt. The train was going more than twice the speed limit. A holiday surprise for hundreds of veterans who put their lives on the line for our freedom. That was the scene that played out at a nursing home in vineland today. Nbc 10 reporter cydney long was there and shows us how their holiday wishes came true thanks to the generosity of others. Reporter with some 300 gifts, too many to pull on his sleigh, santa claus stole the show at the new jersey Veterans Memorial home of vine larland t make veterans holiday dreams come true. Its wonderful to know that the veterans, what theyve given us, we can give back. Reporter the vets write down a favorite gift or a wish on an ornament that hangs from a tree inside the local store starting on veterans day. Then customer generosity takes over. They pick a tag and purchase a gift at the store and we wrap it for free and make sure that we deliver it here. Reporter korean war vet tom ambroz kissed santa for new pots and pans. Thank you. Robert ross served in world war ii. A new tablet will keep him in touch with five grandkids. They will teach me. A lot of times when i visit the rooms theyre not smiling. Theyre hurting. Or something is wrong. So when you can see them all together like this and everybody is smiling and happy, that means everything. Reporter with hundreds of veterans on the receiving end, organizer Lisa Williams gets emotional every time. Its their faces. No matter how old you are, you are always a kid at christmas. My mother calls this place heaven on earth. Thats a big statement from my mother. Thanks to the harris Casino Foundation the vineland home was been grandfathered into the program. They have a lifetime scholarship. That means the wishes here will be fulfilled for years to come. Cydney long nbc 10 news. Now your nbc 10 first alert weather with chief meteorologist glenn hurricane schwartz. Vineland is one of many places in the area that are going to set record high temperatures on thursday. Maybe even tomorrow. And the thursday record, its not even going to be a close call. Were tracking more rain. We had a little bit this morning. Were going to have considerably more tomorrow. Were going to smash the records on Christmas Eve throughout the area. And its going to stay relatively warm all weekend. And sunday is going to be the warmest one. You can see the cloudy skies. Visibility is going down a little bit. The fog is developing. Humidity fairly high at 83 . We had the rain, so the ground is damp. So that combination looks like it should trigger some fog development tonight. Temperatures in the mid 50s to near 60 degrees across much of the area right now. And its been a real warm one, but this is going to be the second coldest day of the week by the time its done. Which is Pretty Amazing considering the average high is 43. We were cold over the weekend, but just seasonably cold. Then its just going up each day. Wednesdays high, 68 degrees. That could set a record too. And that would be in the evening. Phillys record on thursday, 64 set last year. Were going to destroy that record in a way that just doesnt happen. You dont break records by 11 degrees and then, that would also be the warmest temperature of any december day in recorded history of philadelphia. And all of these other places will be setting records as well. Now, a little bit of rain came through this morning. We have got a break now. More moisture will be building up to the south and west. Not that impressive yet. Going through the night tonight, temperature doesnt drop very much. It stays very humid. We get fog. That will be the issue in the morning. Then the rain starts coming in. Getting heavier later in the morning and then we get another round in the evening as the temperature rises dramatically after 7 00 at night. Up to near 70 degrees by midnight. Unseasonably mild tonight with areas of dense fog forming. 54 degrees for the low. Then during the day tomorrow, we have the early fog, then rain, nearrecord warmth in the evening. Temperatures getting into the 60s. Then the 70s on thursday. Friday we could set a record too 67 degrees. A little bit cooler on saturday for the eagles. Still way above average and then gets even warmer sunday. Im john boruk. Coming up, the eagles angry heading in the game with the redskins. The sixers spreading holiday cheer. All that coming up next in sports. When youre on hold, your business is on hold. Thats why comcast business doesnt leave you there. When you call, a Small Business expert will answer you in about 30 seconds. No annoying hold music. Just a real person, real fast. Whenever you need them. So your business can get back to business. Sounds like my rides ready. Dont get stuck on hold. Reach an expert fast. Comcast business. Built for business. [gus singing] dashing through the snow still way above average and then keep scratchin, cousin joe. [cousin joe singing] oh gus, youre much too nice [gus singing] a gift for uncle dave, and 1 for auntie jane mom and dad and grandpa zack all get a scratching game [everyone singing] oh, instant games instant games instant games for me gets even warmer sunday. Gets even warmer sunday. This is sports desk. Brought to you by xfinity. X1 from xfinity will change the way you experience tv. The term must win is thrown around a lot in sports but thats the harsh reality for the eagles who need to win against the redskins to stay alive for the playoffs. John clarke has more on the birds. The birds defense is real motivated heading into saturday night with this season on the line. They want to make up for the first loss in washington when they gave up that 15play, 90 yard drive to lose the game. Here are the birds at practice today, working on their tackling. Defensive coordinator bill davis says they do this every day. They gave up 230 rushing yards to the cardinals with a lot of poor tackling. And the birds have fallen to 30th in the nfl in rush defense. Only two teams are worse now. They have a lot to play for saturday night. The group is very angry right now. Very disappointed, very embarrassed. We didnt play our best football. What we did on sunday was unacceptable. We didnt tackle well. The game that team scored a lot of points on us. It was disappointing. Like we said, we knew that it was all pretty much us, especially the running game. The fact of the matter is, with two games to go, we have were in the drivers seat. All we have to do is step up and play the defense that we know we can play for the next two games, get into the tournament and see what happens. Good thing to remember. Chip kelly has not been swept in the division yet. The playoffs start saturday night at the link. For Comcast Sports net im john clark. John, thanks. Big night for temple, the owls wrap up their year in the Boca Raton Bowl tonight, looking for an 11win season with a victory over toledo. Tonight a surprise for some local youngsters thanks to the sixers. Santa isnt the only big man who can deliver gifts during the Holiday Season. Yeah. Santa is not the only big man who can deliver during the Holiday Season. Members of the sixers put plenty of smiles on kids faces. Youngsters from the Methodist Home for children were showered with gifts. Sixers host the grizzlies tonight. That does it for sports. Im john boruk. Well be right back. Well, even with all the clouds and the rain and were still warm today, and its going to get warmer tomorrow and then warmer than that on thursday. Into the 70s. All right, glenn. Amazing. For all of us here at nbc 10. Thank you for joining us. Now its nbc nightly news with lester holt. Well see you back here at 11 00. Tonight, shock waves from Donald Trumps vulgar attack on hillary clinton. A sexually derogatory word and a crude comment about a bathroom break leaving many asking has he finally gone too far. The warmest Christmas Ever. Records shattered. In the 70s where we usually see snow. And a majorhreat for lastminute travelers. 38 million at risk. Historic landing, a spectacular feat for the future of space travel. And tonight the rocket man behind it dreaming of a city on mars. Targeting cancer. 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