the next hour of your new day starts now. new questions being raised as to whether airasia even had permission to fly its route the day of the crash one week ago today. and breaking news this hour, four large pieces of debris found overnight, what this reveals about how flight 8501 crashed. also, heavy snowfall, ice, more than 20 states waking up to a winter blast. what does this mean for all of the people headed home to start a new week at work in the new year? good luck with it. also, police commissioner william bratton issues an internal memo to new york s finest, asking them to show respect tomorrow at the funeral of fallen officer wenjin liu. so grateful to have your company with us. it s 8:00 on a saturday morning, i hope you re getting r and r.
situation. i can understand that. chad myers, thanks so much. you re welcome. checking other top stories 24 minutes past the hour protesters took to the streets at new year s eve celebrations overnight. i can t breathe. i can t breathe. in new york city people chanting i can t breathe and carrying signs marched towards times square at midnight. in boston activists staged a die-in during the city s first night celebrations. protesters laid down in the street as the names of several men and boys recently shot by police were read out loud. and what was expected to be a peaceful march to the st. louis arch ended with handcuffs, chaos unfolded as demonstrators stormed police headquarters more than two dodd people were arrested after police pepper sprayed the crowd. the funeral for slain new york city police officer wenjin liu is expected to blend police
gives you an idea how big an impact this is having on this entire country. tremendous grief, it s almost palpable. thank you for that. 34 minutes past the hour. let s turn to christine romans. thank you. hundreds gathered for a candlelight vigil in arizona to remember a rookie police officer killed in the loan of duty. 24 hour-year-old tyler stewart was shot in the face at close range saturday. they responded to a domestic call in flagstaff the shooter, robin smith, opened fire after stewart asked to pat him down. funeral services have been set for the second fork city police officer gunned down earlier this month. the wake for officer wenjin liu will start saturday. law enforcement attended the funeral of the part fer. during that service some officers once again turned tear back on the fork mayor bill
around him. reporter: governor andrew cuomo calling new york s finest the best in the country especially for their professionalism in handling the anti-cop protest in the last few weeks, meanwhile officer wenjin liu s slain partner is yet to be decided. brian, great coverage today on this difficult story. thank you, brian. hello, north korea now again denying they had any role on the cyber attack on sony entertainment. kim jong-un s regime is blaming the u.s. more shutting down internet access. pyongyang is ratcheting up the rhetoric, hurling racial insults at president obama. you know they ve done that before, they are also accusing him of being behind the release of sony s movie comedy the interview. will carr is live with the latest on this continuing
tehran s military ambitions. democrats are scrambling to line up behind hillary clinton and those newly released e-mails shed new light on the leadership style of jeb bush. but first an emotional day here in new york city. friends, family and a sea of blue honoring one of the fallen as thousands celebrate the life and mourn the loss of officer rafael ramos. he was executed along with his partner, officer wenjin liu while sitting in their patrol car on a brooklyn street last saturday. i say watch the cast of characters past all those salutes. i wish it weren t real, but it is, as i look in the faces of those left behind whose worst fear has been suddenly real iced. i suddenly hope never again. but here we are.