in covid infections. but it comes as deaths hit the highest number nationwide in a year and those free at-home covid tests from the government have started to arrive in the mail. city on edge after two police officers are shot, one killed, in new york. arnold schwarzenegger involved in a major accident his suv ending up on top of another car who s to blame for the skyrocketing price of meat? the president accuses four big companies of driving up the costs we investigate. and turning the tables the woman who refused to become a victim and took down a phone scam grandma 1, bad guy 0. this is nbc night lie news good evening millions are battling two very different weather extremes tonight. some meteorologists are calling what s happening down south a once in a decade ice storm. thousands temporarily lost power state troopers are warning residents to stay off roads out west, another unusual weather event, a major wildfire in january. this is just outside big sur,
i went as somebody s guest. ( laughter ) battiste: the tributes pouring in for actress betty white, who died just shy of her 100th birthday. and later, a million meals: americans answering the call for military families in need. this food makes a huge impact on their lives, on their family lives. this is the cbs weekend news. battiste: good evening, and happy new year. i m nikki battiste. adriana diaz is off. we begin 2022 with the world entering the third year of the pandemic, a scaled-down times square town ringing in the new year, as most of the united states faces explosive growth of daily new coronavirus cases. new infections are averaging nearly 400,000 a day, up a staggering 200% over the last two weeks. yet, hospitalizations are growing at a much slower rate than cases. elise preston leads off our coverage tonight from new york. elise. reporter: nikki, new york just hit a record 85,000 daily new cases. the omicron variant is also partially to blame for the
charged with the murders of three women over a decade ago. sandra: court appearance coming as we are seeing brand-new images now from the search inside his home showing furniture completely ripped apart by the investigators. bryan is outside the courthouse in riverhead, new york, a lot may be happening. what do we expect is going to happen in the courtroom? good afternoon. 2:00 p.m. today, rex heuermann will appear in court for the first time facing the judge that will be presiding over his trial. the suffolk county district attorney says we should expect the preliminary conference to not take much time and that ultimately we should also expect heuermann to not say anything, defendants typically don t during preliminary hearings. rex heuermann has been sitting in a jail cell for the better part of for over two weeks now where the sheriff, according to the sheriff, he has been very comfortable and on suicide watch. his estranged wife and two children have not visited h