Its unacceptable. 100 sent on my shoulder. Days after missing the playoffs again the eagles let chip go. Right now less than three seasons after leading the birds chips got oh find a new gig. Decision confused fans calls that baffled a lot of experts and three straight disappointing years without a win in the playoffs. Good evening, im iain page. Im dawn timmeney. Lucy noland is off. Some tell us tonight they wonder what took the eagles so long to say goodbye to chip we have Live Team Coverage tonight. Chris oconnell talking to fans Shawnette Wilson is looking at the overwhelming response on social media. But first lets start with our howard eskin. Howard . Fans, fans wanted him out games ago. Fans are impatient. Chip kelly no longer the eagles head coach. Released to night fired by Jeffrey Lurie. For many this is a shock but the surprise is the timing. Many questioned why with one game left . I actually think it eliminated the media circus that would have existed after the final game in new york on sund sunday. Obviously Jeffrey Lurie had made up his mind. The decision was made. So why wait . This will be chip kellys first season as a losing coach in both college and pro kim coming to the eagles the 2013. The town was on fire with excitement. The first two seasons the eagles won 10 games but the last one did not last two did not make the playoffs. I hear lurie had been talking to players on the team to get a feel about the way things were going with the head coach. The feedback obviously not good and there became more questions about his personnel decisions and the way the team was being coached. I think the washington loss put icing on the cake witness lurie decision. To the final moments, chip kelly said he was not worried about his job. Are you worried about job security at all . No. Its not good enough, its not good enough. I dont think anybody in my situation would tell you theyre worried if theyre worried about getting fired they probably should have already been fired. Chip has 13 million coming over its next two years. Nobody likes to be fired obviously. Fired was vicepresident of player personnel ed manowitz who chip fired. Tom donahue a former gm of the Buffalo Bills will take over in that area. Ill have more and what i think could happen next and that will be coming up in sports. Howard, thanks. Well see you throughout this newscast as you continue to track this bombshell tonight. Meantime eagles own jeff lurie tip his hats to the fans as he explained tonights shocker n a letter posted on social media lurie said, i spent the last three seasons evaluating the many factors involved in our performance as a team as i watched the season unfold, i determined that it was time to make a change. He ended the note saying, thank you for your consistent and enthusiastic support. It is always appreciated. Chris oconnell talked to fans tonight and said the change had to happen. He joins us live now in south philadelphia. Chris . Reporter iain, when the news came over that chip kelly got fired when it came over the Television Sets here at chickies and petes in south philadelphia, the entire restaurant reported and cheered in approval. Well agree or disagree witness decision it certainly came as a bombshell to eagles fans. I cant even believe that. Reporter to call reaction shocking is maybe an understatement. I was completely floored. Report after failing to make the playoffs for a second year in a row eagles head coach chip kelly failed to become the revolution coach many had expected. Instead, he forced the eagles back to the drawing board and tonight, handed his walking papers. I think good riddens g by. Reporter after hearing the news at south phillys chickies and petes most fans we spoke with approved of the kellys firing. I love it. Nothing could have happened better after last year, tossing everybody out. Bringing in the new guys. Hey f theyre good, theyre go good. But he didnt accomplish a darn thing this year. Im surprised it was before the season ended. Its about time. Time to go. Reporter good move . Well see. Reporter some actually think the eagle pulled the trigger on kelly too fast. I still had love for chip kelly. Its only been a year. Sure he made a lot of moves but when youre building a franchise from the ground up you got to give him some time. Reporter from releasing star players this off season to a lack luster losing season, some say they simply had enough. Now, its on to the next era for the birds. He got rid of andy reid. So relieved. Chip kelly next. So relieved. The next guy lets say hes not as great they want him to be. Another witch hunt. Reporter the big question for many fans are asking who will fill chip kellys shoes. Some say john gruden. Another shame sean mcdermott. Say bring back andy reid. Regardless every who comes back it is going to be very busy season. Off season for the eagles and their fans lots to talk about. Absolutely, chris. All right. Thank you. Well carry owner Jeffrey Luries press Conference Tomorrow life right here on fox 29 for you at noon. Our Facebook Post has gotten thousands of shares and you flooded our page with comments and did the news break twitter . Well within seconds of the tweet the social sight froze. Still ahead to Shawnette Wilson has the best tweets and comments from social media. On your radar tonight, the rain is finally gone at least for now. Live look in reading tonight. Pretty picture there. Dave, we will be warm and dry tomorrow but of course not going to last, right . Right. Most of the day will be warm and dry tomorrow. Then things will really start to change. We are looking at some more rain before that we have to get through tonight. Very warm to the south still into the 50 there is. 48 degrees in philadelphia. Mount pocono up to 37 degrees. Had some freezing rain there this morning about quarter inch of ice so things are improving there now. Clear on ultimate doppler. Watching this area here because this is where our next area of rain is approaching from. Things look like the timing of this will be later tomorrow evening. So things are quiet until about 6 00 in the morning. Then by two, 3 00 oclock, theres some rain coming up from virginia its still has a ways to go before it gets here but moving through. Looks like the timing will be later tomorrow evening. Tonight 39. Low clouds. Maybe some drizzle north and west. 44 along 95. Little warmer to the south at 48 degrees. Much colder temperatures in the seven day forecast all the numbers are coming your way in just a little bit. All right. Dave, as we look live in wilmington tonight before the rain hits tomorrow night make sure you download the fox 29 news app get live radar and alerts sent right to your cell phone. Just look for it in the apple or google play store. The number of People Killed in historic flooding in missouri continues to grow. There are now 13 deaths linked to the flooding its expected to get even worse. Five of those deaths were International Soldiers studying at Fort Leonard Wood in central missouri. Their car washed away over the weekend. Mississippi river is expected to crest at 15 feet above flood stage later this week. That kind of flooding would be similar to devastating records set back in 1993. A developing story tonight out of the citi torresdale and frankford neighborhoods. Philadelphia police say they have one person in custody in connection with a rash of propane tank thefts. Fox 29 was there as police and Homeland Security officers searched two cars. One along aramingo avenue. The other near the intersection of hed ham and simon streets. Authorities tell us those cars are believed to be connected to the thefts. Fox 29 sources also say they roughed most of the stolen tanks at a scrap yard along the 2600 block of wheat chief lane. Theyre waiting for search warrant. Also searchin searching for a sn involve. Sources telling us they do not believe the thefts are terror related. Homeland security getting involved in the mummers annual party on two street. After the mummers strut down broad street the Party Continues in south philly back near many of their clubhouses. Dont bring a backpack though this year. Homeland security is working with Philadelphia Police and ban backpacks on two street. They also promise to enforce underaged drinking and open container laws. You can also expect an increased Police Presence along the parade route. A war of words over state spending rages on in harrisburg. On one side, an angry gov tour wolf. On the other a doug in Republican Controlled Legislature. Today Governor Wolf gutted their budget which is six months late. Public schools will get a little something. Fox 29s jeff cole with more on that. Reporter Gregory Young is relieved city schools will open after the holidays and remain that way for the next few months but thats about as far as his good feelings go. A lot of schools is missing out on art programs, such as after school programs. Me personally i feel like my kids really its tough for the kids beyond my kids is going to suffer if the school dont get better. Reporter Governor Wolf isnt happy either. Tow simply left town before finishing their job. Reporter wolf locked in a nasty budget standoff with legislators opened the money tap just a trickle tuesday to Fund Public Schools and Human Services but then launched a broad side on republicans in harrisburg. I am expressing the outrage that all of us pennsylvanians should feel about the garbage the republican legislative leaders have tried to dump on us much this budget is wrong for pennsylvania. Reporter the first term democrat blue lined hacked away big chunks of a 30. 3 billion budget dropped on his desk as an unwanted Christmas Gift by the Republican Controlled Legislature just before the holiday. Wolf and legislators have been battling over spending for a record setting six months in the impass was threatening the opening of some Public Schools in the new year. This is no way to run a Public Education system. Reporter the superintendent of philadelphia schools says he fully supports wolfs fight to pump up money for Public Education. But feels the drip drip drip approach to funding just doesnt work. We have 203,000 Public School children in philadelphia that are still showing up every day that must be educated, and when you dont have the ability to say, we can educate you through this year, with these resources, then that is very challenging. Reporter house chair of the Appropriations Committee republican bill day adolph of Delaware County is confused by wolfs cuts. Hes gutted some Important Health related programs but hes ready to return to harrisburg to keep talking. Hes just a phone call away. In the newsroom, jeff cole, fox 29 news. Deputes on the chase. A van in front weaving in and out of traffics to ago chainsaw out of the truck watch theyre accused of of stealing that sparked this chase. Teen too spoiled to go to jail after a crash that killed four people. On the run for weeks. Finally caught. What cops say he did before taking off for mexico. Plus promises to f what youve broken or chipped. Fill in any cracks and makes it feel brand new in just second. What happens when we put the laser bond to the test. Look at that face. Why so sad. Youll understand when you see what little jasper ate that la landed him in the emergency ro room. Were still following breaking news after failing to make the playoffs two years in a row, the eagles release head coach chip kelly the overwhelmingly response on social media coming up next. Breaking news that stunned the sports world tonight. And the city of brotherly love. Eagles head coach chip kelly is out. Tonight tweet from the eagles announcing the decision nearly shut down twitter. From quotes to memes many of you voice are your opinions on social media. Philly fans are not shy. Lets just say they are not holding back on their feelings about this firing. Fox 29s Shawnette Wilson joins us from our newsroom tonight. Twitter is on fire shawnette. Reporter right. Where else do you go to say what you want and how you want . At one point we couldnt even get on social media it was that jammed. And then in this case there parent system no shame in rejoicing in someones down fall especially when that person was the head of our not so flying high eagles. Social media is a buzz with likes than dislikes on the firing of eagles head coach chip kelly fans arent holding back about the decision to let him go before the last game of the season. On our fox 29 facebook page, the breaking a nouns many has thousands of likes and thousands of shares. Keegan tate posts facebook needs an ill drink to that button. Michelle says it doesnt matter who the eagles get as coach theyll always be losers. Tell us how you really feel michelle. Terry gibbs says, problem is much deeper than chip kelly but you all keep believing otherwise and anita turner posts didnt think would it ever happen. Now that it has maybe we can rebuild the team he destroyed. Turning to twitter chip kelly is trending with hundreds of thousands of tweets. Feel bad for chip kelly how he got fired. Just remember how he handled players such as desean jackson. Matt mccall tweets hash tag eagles wow chip kelly fired. The experiment over. Someone else had a little sympathy. Rare for us diehard bird gang. They tweeted despite being against the higher of chip kellly from day one i never enjoy someone getting fired. Been there before. Good luck at eagles and hash tag kelly. And the most fun, the memes. Donald trump, chip kelly, youre fired. This one the chip ship has sailed. It was only a threeyear tour. And last but not least, who didnt see this coming . Steve harvey, congrats chip kelly on your four year extension. I think that one came immediately after the announcement. Keep your comments coming well be talking about this tomorrow morning on good day starting at 4am. Dawn, of course, mike jerrick im sure will be fired up on the topic. Hes already on twitter instagram and facebook on this. So tomorrow the coverage continues. It continues online as the future of the team plays out jut head on over to fox 29. Com. New Surveillance Video released today shows the man wanted by Philadelphia Police for robbing a rite aid. It happened Christmas Day on the 1900 block of fairmount avenue. Thats in fairmount. Police say store workers approach the man when they suspected him of shoplifting soap. Thats when investigators say the guy pulled out knife and threatened employees. He did get away thankfully no one was hurt. Six people sent to the hospital after a bad car crash in the wissahickon area today. Philadelphia Police Say Three cars were involved in this accident on lincoln drive at the henry avenue bridge this is about 12 30 this afternoon. We still dont know exactly what caused the accident but it sure backed up traffic as well. Dupont is moving ahead with job cuts before its merger with dow chemical. Dupont says it will cut 1700 jobs in its home state of delaware and thousands more globally at the beginning of 2016. The Company Announced earlier this month that they would join to create a giant chemical producer. At that time dupont announced 700 million cost savings and Restructuring Program. The company has approximately 54,000 employees worldwide and says the Restructuring Program will affect about 10 of that work force. Meet jasper this cute little puppy from our area has his owner in a panic over the holidays. Little guy just stop eating and he got sick every time he tried. Off he went to the vet where doctors discovered what was inside the pup that could have killed him. Fox 29s Sabina Kuriakose is live in northeast philadelphia and is a bean narcotic lets hope jasper is feeling little better tonight. Reporter iain, he is doing much better. Hes Walking Around like nothing even happened. Now it took doctors weeks to figure out exactly what was wrong with this little guy. When they got the xrays back, they could not believe their eyes. All of a sudden, jasper couldnt keep this food down. He started throwing up after every single meal. Reporter this is jasper, and this is why the six month old dog is hanging his head in the cone of shame tonight. For giving his own are in michael you recall lick quite the scare. I was worried sick as soon as i saw the xrays i was devastated. I lost it in the waiting room. Ive seen dogs eat a lot of strange things. This is probably one of the biggest things ive seen a dog be able to swallow and to swallow one of them and then decide he wanted to eat the other one as well. Reporter 72pound pup somehow gulped down two large inflatable toy balls. He was sick for two weeks. All through christmas. Jaspers usual vet couldnt diagnose the problem. Doctors at veterinary specialty and Emergency Center in levittown stepped in and just the nick of time. He was going to pass away within a week. He would have died of starvation because the balls were actually lodged in his stomach. Reporter now, just days after surgery, the mischievous pup is thriving. All be a few toys lighter. Very friendly. Hell run up and start giving you kisses and licking your face. Just a really happy dog. Reporter michael is of course relieved the house is now purged of any bite sized toys which in jaspers case anything smaller than a grapefruit. Michael does have a hefty vet bill of course dawn he says it was well worth it. Luc