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WTXF Fox 29 News At 6PM January 10, 2015

Causing flares and black smoke to rise from the stacks. Heres a live look at the site right now in philadelphia firefighters on the site. There is also a hazmat crew on the scene. Sunoco says theres fuel oil burning inside a processor and they say the flaring will subside when they can get the steam back to the site. Crews are still working to fix that problem. To a developing story now. A family of a missing local teacher is asking for the publics help to bring him home. Christopher tullly has been seen since tuesday. Just a short timing a his loved ones explaining why they believe that hes in danger. Brad satin is live in warwick township, bucks county where christopher tullly teaches. Brad . Reporter dawn, as you can imagine they are very worried about this 40yearold man. Were at the middle Bucks Institute of technology. Hes a teacher here as youre about to hear teacher of the year back in august here. He should have been back after the christmas break over the last few days but as you mentioned, he hasnt been seen now since tuesday. Here it is saturday. So gone now for four days. Show you some pictures here of this family. His family as you can imagine they are worried sick putting up red ribbons around the area along with his picture. 40yearold chris tullly was named the 2014 teacher of the year by the Pennsylvania Association of career and technical education. We know hes been a youth soccer coach, a basketball coach he produces videos, gives a lot back to this community but heres what happened. As of recently hes been on medication for bipolar diss or his family says he just hasnt been himself as a result of the medication. On tuesday on his way to treatment with his parents in philadelphia, he suddenly got out of the car around ridge and lincoln drive and disappeared. Jumped out of the car. Obviously cold outside. Hes without his medication and his wife and three children desperately want him home. Chris is a great man. Hes a wonderful father, and his three kids really need him miss him and want him to come home. Hes always pushing us to try our hardest and whatever we put our minds to we can succeed in. We love him and want him to come home. Reporter chris family says this is completely out of character for him. The police have been out doing some searching with k9s as well but at this point turned up nothing. Family says hes not a danger to anyone. They just want him home safely. Dawn . Lets hope they find him. Thank you, brad. To your fox 29 weather authority. It is brutally out there. Fox 29s meteorologist caitlin roth here and any chance avenue warmup any time soon, caitlin . There will be starting tomorrow dawn but that warmup isnt exactly going to be warm. Well just see High Temperatures back into the 30s i guess that beats the teens and 20s from today. Maybe it will take the edge of the cold. Outside right now clear skies as we take a scan of the area. We had beautiful bright sunshine today. It just didnt do anything to warm us up. High temperatures hit only 24 in philadelphia. Stuck in the teens north and west. We hit a chilly High Temperature of just 12 degrees at mount pocono. Right now temperatures falling fast. Weve got clear skies, light winds tonight. So expect a frigid frigid night. 19 in philly now. 16 pottstown. 15 allentown. Seven in mount pocono. Its 14 in millville and 20 in dover. The winds have been not terrible today. But out of the west at five to 10 miles an hour just enough to give you that wind chill hit making it feel like its in the Single Digits. It feels like seven in philly when that wind blows. Five in allentown feels like five below in the poconos although i did see a ton of skiers and snowboarders there today. Tonight look at these temperatures. Clear skies, freezing cold. 14 in the city. Seven in the burbs. We do see that warmup starting tomorrow. But it comes with a price as we head into the work week. Looks a bit active. All of that still ahead. Joyce and dawn. Thank you caitlin. George zimmerman is in trouble with the law again. Hes the florida man who was acquitted in 2013 in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin an unarmed black teenager. This time police in florida are charging zimmerman with aggravated assault. They say he through a wine bottle at his girlfriend. The 31yearold was in court this afternoon. Zimmerman is out of jail now though on a 5,000 bond. Hes been ordered to stay away from the woman. Hes not even allowed to enter the county where she lives. State attorney general kathleen cane is firing back against media reports that a special prosecutor and grand jury are recommending she Face Criminal Charges in connection with the leaking of secret service. Her attorney holding a News Conference on her behalf today. Fox 29s Sabina Kuriakose has the latest. Reporter the lawyer for state attorney general kathleen ka inform e comes out swinging against published reports a special grand jury recommended criminal charges against her during a saturday afternoon press conference. Shes accused of of leaking grand jury information regarding a philadelphia civil rights leader to the press. Her attorney lenny davis says because of a broad court order he still cant confirm that the grand jury has recommended charges first reported by the philadelphia inquirer. But he defended her nonetheless and points to what he calls the irony in that while cane is being investigateed for leaks others are leaking grand jury information about her. Kathleen kane is an innocent person falsely accused of leaks and the irony is, that the leaks about her have not been investigateed including the one that says shes about to be dieted. Accusations against her center around two internal memos. One whose release she authorized. The other she says she didnt. And whether she was leaking sealed grand jury information illegally. Davis insists shes the target of an attack by all male public opponents unhappy with her high profile probe into the prosecution of Jerry Sandusky and the transmission of pornography via state employee email accounts. Shes shaken up the establishment and they dont like that. I dont know if its court dated but clearly a lot of energy negative energy against her thats not based on the merits and i think since all these people are republicans i think there is politics involved. Reporter republicans state representative Darrell Metcalf posting on facebook saying kane has displayed a blatant disrespect for the rule of law and calling for her impeachment to end where he says its a pattern of abuse. She was not at the press Conference Much her Attorney Says shell speak but he wouldnt say when. He says if she is indicted she doesnt plan on resigning. Sabina kuriakose fox 29 news. Three people are recovering after being shot at a pocono area hotel. It happened last night at a travel lodge in monroe county. Two people were found shot at the hotel. A third person showed up at a nearby hospital with a gunshot wound to the chest. Investigators say all three people are construction workers. They were in the area working on a new water park being built in the poconos. Police have not yet released their entities and are not saying what may have led to that shooting. A massive search underway to find a woman authorities believe was involved in yesterdays deadly attack on a Kosher Grocery store in france. Its the latest in a string of terror attacks in that country. Foxs Rick Leventhal is in paris now with the very latest. Reporter thousands of people pour into the streets and cities across france rallying against terrorism and from germany to lebanon demonstrators showing the french they are not alone. I believe that this is a clear sign that our society is standing together in furthermore were not forgetting those afraid. Reporter meanwhile authorities are conducting a worldwide search for suspected of involve many in the murder of a French Police woman and the attack on a Kosher Grocery store. Her alleged accomplice was killed in a police raid but four hostages died before officers were able to get in. People who live in the east paris neighborhood where the grocery is located say theyre shaken up by fridays events. I was so scared. Iran away and grabbed my little daughter. Then they started to Exchange Fire and it scared us a lot. It was very difficult to hear that. Reporter Grocery Store raid is one of a string of connected attacks hitting france this week including the deadly shooting at charlie had he been dough magazine carried out beaut the kouachi brothers and a hostage situation at a printing factory where the terrorist brothers were killed. I dont know how many other people go through this but i have an impression of being a survivor so im happy to be here today. Reporter while the Investigation Continues frances government is calling for vigilance and solidarity during this difficult time. Journalists were killed because they defended freedom. Policemen were killed because they were protecting you. Jews were killed because they were jewish. That is what is unbearable. Reporter unity rally scheduled for sunday here in the city center. As many as 1 Million People are expected to attend including leaders from across europe. In paris Rick Leventhal fox news. Philadelphia police are trying to figure out who shot and killed a young man in kingsessing. Investigators found the man slumped over outside of a restaurant near the intersection of greenway avenue and south vickth street. This happened just before 1 00 oclock this morning. Police say the man was shot once in the chest and died at the scene. Police say the man did not have any identification on him. Fire rips right through a home in the olney section of philadelphia. Broke out this morning on the 300 block of chew avenue. Police say they think the fire started in the basement but its not clear what sparked it. Nobody was hurt. The home was heavily damaged. And crews were busy battling a fire in south jersey. It happened around 10 30 this morning in inside a home on the 400 block of erial road in winslow township. Fox 29 cameras couldnt even get close because of the road closures. No word on how it started. Fortunately, nobody was hurt there. A deadly confrontation is caught on tape. And Police Officer attacked by a man with a shovel while his body camera was rolling. This dramatic video is coming up up. A new bride particular priceless memories stolen a picture with her dad that brings her to tears. I want him with me and i would really like it back. Coming up her plea to get that picture back. Keith. Dawn, there is no team except for the flyers. Another injury. Big day in the big five. Green bay wont scare them excitement and disappointment after the space x rocket launch. Phil keating explains what wept right and what went wrong. Reporter harder than hoped for landing out in the ocean foiled space xs hopes of making space history. However, the main thrust of todays launch right on track. And lift off of the space x rocket. Reporter darkness turned to daylight this morning along floridas coast for the fifth space x cargo trip to the International Space station. At 4 47 a. M. Ignition and blast off sending up fire thousand pounds of cargo food and science. Separation confirmed. Reporter about 10 minutes after launch, shortly after the first stage rocket detached and dropped back to earth disappointment. Space xs revolutionary plan to land the spent rocket back on this floating landing pad failed failed. Space x founder eli tweeting out rocket make it to drone space port ship but landed hard. Close but no cigar this time. Bodies well for the future, though. This is part of the longterm space x plan to reuse restack and rei launch the expensive rockets with a new payload all in the same day reduceing Space Exploration one hundredfold. Fundamentally if you look at the industry its extremely well oiled machine simply because they have so many operations and if you can get the number of operations out into space industry that basically is our vision. Our goal to have. Thats when you launch as many lurches as possible. Reporter drag bon capsule arrives at the space station for docking ununloading early monday morning. In miami, Phil Keating Fox news news. A detroit man survives a house explosion. He was saved by a retired firefighter who pulled him to safety. The explosion happened inside the home just before 8 00 last night. Police say a retired firefighter happened to live right next door. They say he helped pull the man out of the rubble. The victim was in the basement at the time of the explosion. And he suffered Second Degree burns. My door is completely gone on the side and my windows are gone on the side. My car is in the driveway. I cant see it. Investigators are still trying to figure out what exactly set off that blast. Military hero David Patreas may end up standing trial on felony charges. A published report says its now up to attorney general eric holder to decide if the former cia head should be indicted for allegedly providing classified information to a girlfriend. Fox news doug mc mckelway has the story. Reporter american war hero is apparently facing the blockbuster threat of potential felony charges. The New York Times reported late yesterday prosecutors have recommended criminal charges against general David Patreas for allegedly leaking classified cia material to his former mistress and biographer paula broad well. The paper says that it is now up to attorney general eric holder to decide whether to seek an indictment of patreas the architect of the successful search in iraq who later served as director of the cia. He resigned that post after admitting to an affair with broadwell. On december 2nd senator john mccain wrote holder expressing concern about dojs foot dragging over patreas investigation quote i can conclude this is a circumstance in which the principal of justice delayed is justice denied is certainly at play. And this matter needs to be brought to resolution. Some have suggested patreas investigation is political intended to silence him for what he may know about the terrorist attack on the benghazi compound. Fox was first to roar on the open fbi investigation of patreas neither fbi nor doj have ever offered comment. In washington, Doug Mckelway fox news. Christmas season is over and time to get rid of that tree and may be to dee clutter your house at the same time. The south of south Neighborhood Association host add tree and Electronics Recycling event today. The goal to help people dispose of their Christmas Trees and old items that may have been replaced over the holidays like toys Computers Laptops flat screen tvs and cell phones. Still ahead on the fox 29 news at 6 00a deadly confrontation is caught on tape. Wait until you hear this. A man goes after a Police Officer with a shovel. But a body cam captures the dramatic scene. The video next. Rain on your wedding day is said to be good luck but what about ice and bitter cold temperatures . Well, thats exactly what one local couple wanted on their big day. Their love story is just ahead. 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Get your free online valuation now at webuyanycar. Com. Welcome back everybody. The tail of that ill fated air asia plane is lifted out of the java sea. Search and rescue teams using giant balloons to pull it to the surface now the search is on for the doomed plains black boxes. The recorders are usually found in the tail. 162 people were on board when the plain crashed two weeks ago. A utah Police Officers body cam captures a deadly confrontation. This happened thursday between assault lake city Police Officer and a man who was going door to door offering to shovel snow. Neighbors called police because they say the man was looking into cars and there really wasnt that much snow to shovel. When the officer approached the man, things quickly went bad and the man armed with a shovel ended up dead. Whats your name . Im not going to give you my name. Why arent you giving me your name. Youre required by law to give me your name or you can be arrested for failure to give me your name. Im minding my own business. People are calling in. Im trying to make a living. You need to calm down and quit yelling at me right now. Go back to your car. Im doing my business now at this point the officer calls for backup and thats when the man holding the shovel appears to go on the attack. You need to calm down right now. You need to calm down. Im doing my business. Im trying to find out what youre doing. Im still bleep you can get in my face. You need to calm down. Get in my face bleep. The video stops just before the officer fires his gun killing the man that officer is recovering from broke

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