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. M
Hes also the proud father of an eighth grader he says is a top student in the Philadelphia School district. While at work today, williams got word of the emergency funding from harrisburg. Thats good, but thats not a solution. Reporter the shortterm effects, children in philadelphia can return to the classroom after winter break without wondering whether schools will close. The district had warned that it could not meet payroll beyond january 29th without some relief. As for the governors hard line in this budget battle, the superintendent is backing him up even if it means the longterm funding is still up in the air. Im in 100 support what hes attempting to do in order to get more money for Public Education across the commonwealth. This budget is wrong for pennsylvania. You heard Governor Wolf with strong words for the legislature. Do you have a message for them . Look, im trying to educate children here, so im not an elected official, im not in office, but i do we do need revenue to
Them know that we havent forgotten, and that, you know, their lives are very important. Today were just trying to, um, get justice for the three kids that were killed that night. Reporter the mourners finished their walk at the spot where the 2,007 acura left the roadway and crashed into this tree. Killing the two teenaged girls and trapping hernandez in the vehicle. Bloom field walk away and showed up later at a local hospital. Such a horrific crash for him to just walk away. Just justice. Report accident investigators continue to work on the case with the da. So far no charges have been filed. Police found a second car identified that driver in the suspected street racing incident. Relatives and friends of the victims want justice and they want their loved ones remember remembered. Very, you know, sweet boy. Very, very sweet. We just want justice for the kids. Reporter now, mourners say they will continue to hold vigils and marches like this until they get justice. A spokesman for th
You know christmas is still a month away and sanity app clause took time from busy schedule to mack a appearance today. This marked the santa express on the railroad. Trains run from west khet to glen mills and back. Cecily tynan and jamie apody while waiting with their kid. The express runs through december 0. All right. Santa clause liked the action news van. Honored guest in media. Joined mummers and local mu suggestions and Dance Companies and and elvis and helped kick down the countdown for christmas. There was a block party and costume contest and bud run. Action news sports sunday is next on channel 6. Action news continues at 4 30 tomorrow morning with david murphy, tamala edwards, Matt Odonnell and karen rogers. Now for melissa magee, jeff skversky, Sarah Bloomquist and the entire action news team, im walter perez, have a great the entire action news team, im walter perez, have a great night and wonderful week ahead. So many story lines on a jam packed sunday. Just when you th
Bumping the temperatures up we have three days of near record warmth, tomorrow 66 and that ties the record high likely hit that tomorrow night, on Christmas Eve we get the surge of very warm air, 76 degrees, shattering the record high of 64 than is an all time december record and then even on Christmas Day, behind a cold front tying the record high of 68 degrees, each day well see a round of rain ill talk about the timing coming up in the full accuweather forecast. Thank you. With rain expected to come and go over the next few days, check back at 6abc. Com weather, make the power of Storm Tracker 6 live radar part of your holiday planning process. Now to new developments in the case a psychiatrist found murdered in a center city hold emroom. They have a person of interest in custody. Howard baker checked in at 3 00 p. M. Sunday, surveillance cameras show baker brought two men into his room at separate times throughout the day, the next morning the housekeeper found bakers body naked wi