Dictatorship. Dann cuellar is live in old city with how people are reacting to diplomatic changes. The reaction is remarkable. There are many cuban americans and the emotion is bottled up for so long its hard to believe that this day has come. The managing director, whose parents fled to this country if the 70s and saw his father murdered by cuban extremists murdered by castro. Thought it was outstanding to starve them out technique of the embargo has not worked for 50 years, so what you are seeing today is the first step in bringing two countries together. And then George Hernandez that fled to this country in the 70s, last euro met with pope francis to talk about it and the pope said he was working on it. Cube was involved in this with both president obama and president raul castro. He kept his promise. And finally an argentinian who lived in cuba for years. This is a huge win, its like the berlin wall came down or the caribbean wall coming down its huge. By the way George Hernandez that travelled with our own jim gardner when this was but a pipe dream. But that is on the verge of becoming a reality. There will be more on this but for now im dann cuellar, back to you. Thank you. Tonight on world news david muir sits down with president obama with more on the cuban relations. In other news tonight, Philadelphia Police and the School District are investigating how a gun got into fells high school in northeast philadelphia. It was reported to be an unloaded. 38 caliber revolver found in the trash can in the weight room. An alert student found the gun and took a picture and alerted administrators. Well have more coming up in a live report at 6 00. Two former penndot managers and eight contractors were arrested today in an overbilling scheme that allegedly cost taxpayers 1. 2 million. The managers took kick backs from contractors in return for phoney time sheets and mileage reports, investigators say its the latest in a widening probe into penndot in the philadelphia area. And a man says he has been hit three times by the same burglary suspect, that space boy clothing on the 700 block of north Market Street has been broken into three times in the last few months, the latest was over the weekend, a surveillance camera captured this image of the suspect and the owner of the store thinks its not just about his store being targeted. We are a small business, we are here to help the community, we want to revitalize the art and bring it back, its tough, we dont make that much money to begin with, its tough dealing with this and trying to run the business. Sanchez says he has lost 2,000 to 3,000 because of these breakins and he thinks five or six other businesses were targeted as well. Wilmington police have recently arrested a burglary suspect but its unclear if that is the person tied to these crimes. Meantime a man driving tractor trailer in berks county, caused a tieup, he plowed into nine vehicles waiting at a stop sign, to people died and nine others were hurt. He remains in jail on a half Million Dollars bail. A local 7yearold received a farewell fit for a hero, aiden rye died and they came together to say goodbye. Nora muchanic has the story. 7yearold aiden dreamed of being a firefighter and today he was laid to rest as one. Firefighters from around the area came to bury the boy with full honors. He died on december 10th after an all lifelong battle with leukemia. To go what he was going through at such a young age and he never missed a beat. He treated us like he was one of us. And to see that passion in such a young boy, you wanted to be a part of it. When they heard of aidens dream of being a firefighter, they made him an honorary member last year, his gear didnt quitd fit and word spread through social media and departments from all over the states and countries were sending patches and helmets to aiden using the motto, no one fights alone. Its unusual to hear of a 7yearold that loves the Fire Department at such a young age. Aidens fight is over now but in his short time here he managed to such so many, a little kid from south jersey that won the hearts of firefighters all over the world. He had a smile on his face every day and did a great job of bringing everyone together. He inspired all of us. Aiden is survived by his parents and Four Brothers and sisters and the firefighters that lined up his trucks to he is court his hearse to the cemetery. One last trip for a little boy with endless behaviorry who became one of their own. Nora muchanic, channel 6 action news. The philadelphia fire marshall is investigating an Early Morning house fire in park side, it broke out at 2 30 on west girard avenue, firefighters found the front door and porch on fire when they arrived. It was put out quickly and no one was hurt. In northeast philadelphia, 40 homes are without water after a water main ruptured at gibson street. Chopper 6 hd was over the scene after the main broke this morning and the crews hope to restore service by 6 00 tonight. No one was hurt when a taxi cab ended up on the sidewalk this morning, the driver says he was hit by an suv, and that pushed the cab on to the sidewalk and the driver sped off. Time for a check of our action news traffic report midweek. Matt pellman has the hump day low down. They must be ready to bring your yacht up the Delaware River because we are getting set for a bridge opening, so while the yacht passes through youll want to stay on the betsy ross bridge, and the Police Activity on the schuylkill expressway, eastbound side lots of officers and a tow truck as well. We are off to the side with traffic on eastbound 76 from the roosevelt boulevard to there point south, it will slow you down if you are headed to the Justin Timberlake concert tonight. And along 29 gravel pike at harrison and maple avenues, by the express lube and wash and the tidal wave car wash, at ninth and market. We have the road work going on in wilmington past 213, at 9 Miles Per Hour. Sluggish on 95 southbound but that is the better bet. Maybe youll go for a ride on your yacht. I have yachtsy the game. It was a day to honor the Fire Department, they joined police elite for an Award Ceremony to give out commendations to our men and women in blue and Katherine Scott was there. Its an honor. James russell from the 19th district was one of 80 Philadelphia Police officers honored at the fraternal order of police lodge 5 today. He received an order. Bravery based on a 2012 incident. You go in and lift and to the stories and they are lucky to be alive today. Todays awards were given out for bravery and life saving and valor and they say they were just doing their job. Its nice to be recognized but i didnt expect it. Last year Charles Rohan was on lot board heading back for role call and saw a man running after a man cutting him at the same time. Got out of my car and separated the both of them and grabbed her and used the holds and normal stuff and he received stab wounds from her. Was slashed in the right axe, his wife cathy heard the whole thing on the scanner as it was happening knowing it was her husband involved. Those were terrifying moments for her but she couldnt be proud. Incredibly proud of him for what he does. He risks his life every day for strangers. Officer rowen says he was honored but surprised to get an award for bravery. I just do my job. We all do. Katherine xotd, channel 6 action news. And there is much more to come on action news tonight. New details are emerging before the former marine accused of killing six people in new jersey. Well, the winds are change are blowing in after two days of temperatures in the 50s, im tracking cooler air on the way. Details in the accuweather forecast. And controversy at the box office, major theater chains pulling a movie by sony. Ill explain the fallout coming up. Those stories and more when action news at 5 00 comes right back. The fallout from the cyber attack on sony has evolved in threats against theaters across the country. The hacker Group Responsible calls themselves the guardians of peace they posted an online message yesterday warning people against seeing the movie, the interview its about a plot to kill the leader of north korea, sony is telling theater owners that they do not have to run the film and because of the threats the new york premier was canceled and the movies promoti promotional tour was called off but there is no credible threat against u. S. Theaters. As the holiday approaches there could be more flu cases in our area. Ali gorman is live with the details. This is the latest map from the cdc showing pennsylvania and delaware now have widespread flu activity, that is the highest level and new jersey is a few steps behind with local activity, several states in the midwest are reporting very hayektist, some schools in ohio and illinois are doing significant cleaning after a significant percentage of their students were out sick, the flu vaccine is not an exact match for what is going on around this year, but its good to take your own preventive measures as well. And clean doorknobs and other common surfaces. Anything you touch that someone is likely to touch, cleaning it frequently is like tloi help. This is true during the holidays, with see a hike in the cases because people are spending more time indoors together. And auto new health track says if the flu is in your area, its called flu near you, can you report your symptoms, fever, cough and sore throat and check out the map if people near you are reporting symptoms, so you have a better idea of what may be going around in your area. And a new study shows that 40 of adults are not getting the recommended amount of sleep that, is 7 to 9 hours, that is linked to obesity and poor concentration and a higher risk for accidents. The researchers say that one of the main reasons they lose sleep is due to their jobs. But if everyone could start work at 10 00 a. M. , more people would get more sleep but that is impossible for most people. So prioritize bed and get at least 7 hours of sleep. Santa ditched the sleigh and flew in my helicopter, old saint nick came in through cooper hospital and he greeted hospitalized children and gave out helicopter pens and stickers and miniature squeeze balls and coloring books and crayons and air two usually provided emergency medical transportation. Blackberry is returning to its roots with a new phone that features a traditional key board, its available starting today. They hope to attract customers that dont like a touch screen because they find it hard to type. It provides a longer battery life and blackberry wants to boost business and commands 50 of the smart phone market as recently as 2009. And four cities are competing to host the 2024 olympic games. The u. S. Is making a big, boston, los angeles, d. C. They will decide sometime after the holidays. In the citys Spring Garden succession, darryl clark is making sure that many deserving youngsters have new bikes under their Christmas Tree and he is once again partnering with cm hill, to distribute bicycles throughout the schools. They identify youngsters that are most in need of a christmas are most in need of a christmas surprise. Works differently to lower blood sugar . Imagine, loving your numbers. Introducing oncedaily invokana®. Its the first of a new kind of prescription medicine thats used along with diet and exercise to lower blood sugar in adults with type 2 diabetes. Invokana® is a oncedaily pill that works around the clock to help lower a1c. Heres how the kidneys allow sugar to be absorbed back into the body. Invokana® reduces the amount of sugar allowed back in, and sends some sugar out through the process of urination. And while its not for weight loss, it may help you lose some weight. 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Lower your blood sugar with invokana®. Imagine loving your numbers. Ask your doctor about invokana®. Time for accuweather, at the action news big board, cecily tynan is keeping an eye on the temperatures that are starting to plummet a little bit overnight. A rude awakening because we have a mild stretch, two days in a row, 53 degrees is the high, 9 degrees above normal. The warmest weather we have in two weeks since december 1st, when we hit 65 degrees, and things are cooling off and we see sunshine east of the philadelphia, action news viewer greg, was in North Wildwood and he sent me this photo, and you can see blue skies and its 20 degrees warmer on the beach. Isnt that nice . A good picture. Im jealous. Right now 48 degrees in philadelphia and millville 47 and allentown 44 and wilmington 46 and trenton 46 degrees, however it feels cooler with the winds, a wind sustained out of the west northwest 15 Miles Per Hour in philadelphia, what that will do it pull down colder air from the great lakes, right now its 33 in detroit and 26 in green bay, we are looking at temperatures dropping down through the 30s tonight. Satellite 6 along with action radar showing after some sunshine today, the clouds are rolling in and then if you look west of chicago, you see the High Pressure than High Pressure is building in over the next few days and that will bring us the return of brighter skies, and it will be seasonably cool, the call from accuweather, lots of clouds and 33 degrees in philadelphia, and 30 allentown and 30 in millville and 30 in wilmington. The winds tomorrow morning though, bundle up if you are headed to the bus stop. From you spending time outside, we are looking at windchills across the board, 20s in the morning and windchills are holding in the mid30s, it will feel more like winter tomorrow. The fiveday at 5 00, showing tomorrow a chilly wind and partly sunny skies and a dry day, 44 degrees and windchills in the mid30s, on friday, good amount of sunshine and clouds with a high of 43 degrees and less wind on friday heading into the weekend, good news for shoppers and the latest computer models are shifting down to the south and the holes, a few clouds on saturday and winter begins on sunday 44 and mostly cloudy skies and monday clouds and showers, 46 degrees and ill have more details on the weekend system and another system on Christmas Eve coming up in the full accuweather forecast. Im getting choked up. Because your husband is in wildwood. More action news coming your way. Action news at 5 00 continues with Ongoing Investigation on the murder spree that took the lives of six people. Authorities say that brad stone did not die in the manner that they first thought. He did not have slashing or cutting wounds but a small injury to his leg. The medical examiners officer is waiting a toxicology report that is being expedited. It should come back next week. David henry is live in souderton as the Community Begins the long process of healing. Soundser ton police here and other jurisdictions continue their investigation, they know the why and may never know the who. The focus now turns toward healing. The commune is devastated, i attended the vigil and there was not a dry eye in the church to include my own. The toll was big, only one member of the flick family survived. Trisha and aaron flick were stabbed to death and their daughter nina was stabbed to death and her Brother Anthony received injuries trying to protect her. He loves her and would do anything for her. Now the community is doing for anthony. Melissa is spearheading an online fundraising, called funds for flick. It has already raised 15,000. Anthony barricaded himself after at tack, he had a gaping skull wound and severed fingers, but is expected to make a full recovery. And the rotary club is raising money for anthony and nicole hills daughter, she was killed by her exhusband along with five members of her family. We have four orphans, right . And that is tugging at peoples hearts right now and i hope the response is generosity to these families. Well, the fear has lifted from this community and the grief still hangs heavily on the hearts and minds, civic organizations here are hoping that the holiday spirit of generosity will find a way to provide for the victims. Live in souderton, david henry, channel 6 action news. We are covering all angles for you at 6abc. Com, and we are bringing you Live Streaming video as the updates happen and bringing you new details as they break. And check back for updates at 6abc. Com. At the channel 6 action news big board on this wednesday with the historic announcement by president obama about a new chapter in u. S. Cuba relations, both sides decided to restart diplomatic talks to stop the outdate add approach to the communist island. This after 50 years of tough sanctions. This started in 1961 when they broke relations with cuba and closed the embassy, president kennedy banned almost all cuban imports and declared them a socialist state and in 1962 the cuban missile crisis, with fears of nuclear war, president kennedy agreed not to invade cuba half they forced the removal of soviet missiles from cuba. The castro family controlled cuba since 1959 and now fidels brother raul seized power in 2008. And the final decision was made on a phone call before the two. Today mr. Castro told his citizens that bun of the first likely moves will be easing restrictions on travel. Remove of the obstacle th