feeling like 14 below zero as we go through the overnight hours. we will check back in with you in the next two hours. as you mentioned, this is happening, this is the big story right now. jennifer, margaret, ted, and zain, thank you very much. remains found in new york s east river have been confirmed as those of missing autistic teenager vontae okendo. dna test results found last week match those of the missing team. he disappeared back in october and his family launched this widespread search for him. much more on the story as we re getting new information next hour. so stay tuned for that. coming up, hundreds of dolphins are being killed in a horrible way because of some tradition. caroline kennedy now getting involved against the operation here. we ll share that with you. plus, on the day chris christie is inaugurated for a second term in new jersey, a new poll suggests the surprising opinions of americans when it comes to
affected areas. we have zain asher. still to come, ted rowlands in chicago where several inches of snow have already fallen. margaret connelly is live at laguardia airport, watching all the cancellations. we ll head to you in a moment. and also meteorologist jennifer grey, tracking all the latest warnings and advisories. but zain asher, let s begin with you in the thick of things in and around columbus circle. i read that the snow is supposed to tease new yorkers through the day, but then really hit hard a little later on. tell me what you re seeing where you are. reporter: the last five seconds, it s started to come down slightly harder, but the real drama is expected around 4:00 today. mother nature is sort of trying to be gentle with us, because it s starting to ease us into it. this morning, the snow is relatively light. but the real action is between 4:00 and 10:00 this evening. roughly around eight to 12 inches of snow.
deceiving. ted, thank you. let s talk flights. to laguardia airport we go. margaret, how many cancellations are you seeing where you are? reporter: brooke, the snow came down earlier than expected and there s more of it. there s a winter storm warning until 6:00 tomorrow morning. the national weather service, they say there could be snow accumulation three to seven inches and also winds could be 16 to 21 miles per hour. but that s just today, it s expected to get a lot worse into the evening. you can take a look behind me, see how this has impacted flights. that board there, that s for american airlines. yellow means delays or cancellations. there have been a lot of cancellations here this morning. but flights or airlines have actually been cancelling flights earlier, like jetblue, they did that today as well. also, the port authority, they gave us the numbers of flight cancellations. there are 352 flight cancellations at newark. there were 200 flight
cancellations at jfk and 300 here at laguardia. outside, we have a second camera. you can see right here what that is showing you. if you look to the right, you can see a lot of snow coming down. that s what people are having to get through to get to the airport here. you also see there s not a lot of traffic. that has been the biggest issue. people trying to get in and out of this airport. we talked to a lot of people who worked here. there were delays. the snow came down faster, so people were zigzagging all over the roads. the tsa does tell us, as usual, people should be checking the airlines before they make their way to the airport. check long ahead. thank you very much, margaret. and jennifer grey is watching all of this for us in the weather center. just seeing the snow really already coming down for folks in new york. how much worse is it going to get? basically going to see the worst of it during the afternoon commute, unfortunately. right now the snow stretching anywhere
0 the top of my game. thanks, dwyane. what about you, ray? drinking water is an important part of my pregame routine so i can stay focused and refreshed. eating the right foods can help make you a better athlete. oh! oh! slam dunk from the first lady. very nice. that s it for me. thanks very much for watching. see you at 5:00 p.m. eastern in the situation room. newsroom continues right now with brooke baldwin. good to be with all of you on a tuesday. i m brooke baldwin. we are following those reports of that shooting at purdue university in indiana. the news at this hour, as i can tell you directly from the purdue university twitter site, this is the update no ongoing threat to campus. resume normal operations. ee, that s the electrical engineering building will remain closed. check purdue.edu for updates. still no word as far as anyone that has actually been hurt, but you can take a look at some of the video that we ve been watching from some of our affiliates out