i believe that george stinney could not have committed these murders. i believe george stinney saw those children, but i don t think george stinney was the last person to see those children. they had no choice in how they died, and he did. i think justice was served according to the laws in 1944 when this happened. judge is only tasked with deciding whether stinney received a fair trial. but has already asked both sides if she the judge really has the change what happened. sadness for the family of a 14-year-old autistic boy in new york. now dna tests have proven it was his body found in the east river. avonte oquendo went missing after being unsupervised. the medical examiner has yet to determine the exact cause of death. many mayors are in washington, d.c. for the annual conference of mayors winter
0 snow falling in some places. this brutal winter storm shutting down schools, offices, roads, grounding thousands of planes. indra petersons is outside tracking the storm in boston. rene marsh brings us the latest on the thousands of flight cancellations, she is in washington, d.c. and i am live out on the told streets of new york, where the snow is blowing around from side to side. it is very, very cold this morning. good morning, everyone. welcome to early start. i m john berman. and i m christine romans. it is wednesday, january 22nd. and it is exactly 5:00 a.m. in the east. so, if you are watching this at 5:00 a.m., the good news is, you made it. you haven t lost power or maybe on the flip side, you re stuck in an airport. whatever the option, we hope you are warm. it did snow here in new york for more than 15 hours. right now, it stopped, but the wind keeps pushing it around every now and then. about a foot of snow here. much more down in philadelphia. really this is grindi
meaning you have a question at this point given that every day it seems we are learning new information. so how tuz one overplay the hand when it is still being dealt out. since i was in vegas i can use that analogy. it s a fair question to ask whether democrats are overplaying their hand and whether the media is overplaying the story. it s fair to ask the questions. my own opinion is that it s very fair, the level of scoot any brought to bear. this network and others have ridden this chris christie wave for years because he s good copy. so now that the story turned against him you re supposed to shield your eyes? that s not the way it works. certainly doesn t. greatly appreciate you coming on today. see you to recall. okay, tamron. thanks. breaking news in new york city where police have confirmed that human remains found last week belong to avonte oquendo,
the teen with autism who disappeared three months ago. his remains were identified by dna. pieces of his clothing were discovered at the site. the medical examiner said the cause and manner of death are pending further study. he had been missing since he walked out of school on october 4. the case sparked a massive search across new york city including hundreds of officers, marine units and volunteers. the family s attorney plans to hold a news conference later today. still ahead, a new report on the brutality of the syrian regime. ahead a peace talk scheduled for this week. horrific photos of thousands of prisoners too graphic to show that war crimes prosecutors compare to torture in nazi death camps. nbc confirms that one of the suspected so-called black widows dispatched to attack the winter games in sochi has been killed. we ll have the latest. the hunt continues for three others who officials believe may
tomorrow morning. but then that pushing on out as we get into the afternoon. snow totals right here could see eight to ten inches around new york city and boston. brooke? we ll be looking for you and the rest of you throughout the evening. thanks the all of you. let me move along. just into us here at cnn, dna tests have now confirmed the human remains found alongside the east river in queens last week in new york are those of missing autistic boy avonte oquendo. the 14-year-old disappeared in early october and police have been working hard to try to find him. they have deployed dogs, they ve searched sewers and waterways, putting up messages in local newspapers. we ve even heard the voice of the mother. in subway stations trying to find him. just awful for this family now, to learn this. what more did you find out today? this is really sad news for the oquendo family. his parents had really never