to 6% in four years. we ll put his claim to the test. a new recording of george zimmerman surfaces and his relationship with police. we ve seen dash cam video before but nothing like this. newsroom begins right now. good morning to you. i m carol costello. we begin with breaking news on a mystery that focused national attention on child abductions a generation ago. after 33 years, we may finally have some answers in the disappearance of 6-year-old etan patz. the new york police department has man in custody and will release more details later today. mary snow is tracking the latest developments from new york. what did you find out? reporter: the new york city police commissioner is saying the man in custody made statements to detectives implicating himself in the disappearance and death of etan patz and here s what we re learning. cnn s susan candiotti spoke to two law enforcement source who is say the man was picked up in new jersey yesterday and that he worked in th
snowstorm barrelling across the northeast bringing heavy winds, rain, and wet heavy snow, up to 16 inches expected in some areas. the storm stretches from west virginia up the coast to western new york. the april storm comes after a mild winter. march was also the warmest on record. and it could bring record snowfall for this time of year. coming up, we ll head to dubois, pennsylvania. the latest on the community and transportation. well, the weapons are new but the battle is as old as human kind. today, the subject of president obama s visit to the holocaust visit. he just signed an executive order signing sanctions against those who commit or facilitate. case in point, we need to be doing everything we can to prevent and respond to these kind of atrocities. because national sovereignty is never a license to slaughter your people. [ applause ] the president is also developing an as tros tea prevention plan. the downfall of john edwards begins today as the jury is being
wall street is celebrating. ali velshi will join me in a few minutes. president obama is speaking at a fire engine in virginia and is calling for a payroll tax cut due to expire at the end of this month. he also wants to boost federal grants to local governments to hire veterans at first responders. over the past three years, my administration s made it possible to keep responders on the job and now communities that make a prir tea to recruit veterans will be among the first in line when it comes to getting help from the federal government. the jobless rate for recent vets stands much higher at 11%. four of the three gop presidential hopefuls are making last pitches in in nevada. mitt romney holds a commanding lead. newt gingrich and ron paul are stomping away and rick santorum is holding the nonbinding primary on tuesday. forget about what you heard about the susan b. komen cutting support of the planned parenthood foundation. that was yesterday s news. planned par