The forecast that could make it even worse. Janai Abortion Pill access. Two of the countrys largest retail pharmacies set to begin selling the drug to end pregnancy. Where and when itll be rolled out, and the fight to stop it. Gio guilty verdict. Michelle troconis convicted of conspiring to murder her boyfriends estranged wife, connecticut mom Jennifer Dulos. Guilty. Gio the reaction to the verdict on both sides, and the sentence she faces. Whit on the brink, the heartstopping moments a truck dangling over the edge of a bridge poised to plunge 70 feet into the water. She was praying a lot, so i prayed with her. Whit how First Responders pulled off this Daring Rescue to save the driver inside. Janai subway singers. The platform performer who got the crowd crooning to bob marley. cause every Little Things gonna be all right janai turning the same old commute into a singalong. Dont worry i cant hear you. Gio what a great moment in the subway. Good morning, america. Another big morning of news here on this saturday. President biden says that the u. S. Will join other countries and begin airdropping aid into gaza in the coming days. Whit and we are remembering fashion icon iris apfel, known for her bold style sense and those oversized glasses, passing away at 102 years old. Janai incredible. Plus, of course, gas prices ticking up again. What you can do to make the spring break drive a little more efficient and a little less costly. Gio and the ongoing Natural Disaster in texas, the worst wildfire in the states history. Its already burned 1,700 square miles, and officials fear it could spread even more. But first we are going to begin here with that monster storm charging through the west with massive snow and intense wind. Abcs faith abubey is live in truckee, california, with the latest on this dangerous winter weather. Good morning, faith. Reporter good morning to you, gio. We could hear the winds howling on and off throughout the night. The guests were so intense that Highway Patrol decided to temporarily shut down part of a major connector, interstate 80 in both directions, due to the wind and the snow causing low visibility and lots of spinouts. Overnight, the biggest storm of the winter crashing into california as authorities raise blizzard warnings for the Sierra Nevada mountains. This is crazy, like, im not going to lie. Im from new york, so im used to snow, but this is different. Reporter parts of the state at risk of being buried in up to 12 feet of snow with authorities bracing for the worst. We have a lot of snow, but we dont get blizzard conditions. We dont get conditions where you cant see while youre driving. Reporter winter snow warnings also in effect for other parts of Northern California and parts of western nevada. Traffic crawling to a standstill on this road in truckee, and conditions here are deteriorating so fast that highway officials are stopping every single vehicle here on i80 except for fourwheel drives in order to make sure that they have chains installed on their tires or traction devices. The National WeatherService Warning this weekend that in parts of the Sierra Nevada mountains, travel will be extremely dangerous to impossible amid extremely heavy snow rates of two to six inches per hour. Whiteout conditions being created in the mountains by winds reaching speeds of 80 Miles Per Hour, even gusting over 150 Miles Per Hour at some mountain peaks, and because of the winds were getting different snow totals. You can see how high its piled up. Were expecting it to start tapering off sometime today and tomorrow. Whit . Whit faith abubey braving those conditions all week. Thank you so much. We appreciate it. And in texas at least two people are dead as the Smokehouse Creek fire becomes the largest in the states history. Firefighters racing to contain those flames. The fire has already burned through a million acres. Its up to 15 contained, but strong winds and higher temperatures are on the way. That could fuel the flames. The texas panhandle still seeing several large wildfires this morning, as well. Texas Governor Greg Abbott saying as many as 500 structures have already been destroyed. Lets turn now to the forecast and the fire fueling the heat in texas, the massive storm in the west as well, and Somara Theodore tracking all of it for us this morning. Somara, good morning to you. Somara good morning, whit. So, that is a powerful storm out west. As faith showed us in the visuals there with the strong winter component, look at the satellite and radar, lower elevations getting the rain and mountains getting slammed with snow. Thats led to blizzard warnings through the Sierra Nevada and farther east the fire weather alerts were monitoring and that happens to be the second largest wildfire in u. S. History. More on that in a moment. For now we want to time out this storm. Okay, so here we are starting saturday morning. Were getting rounds of snow, rounds of rain moving through the afternoon on saturday. By sunday, thats when it begins to taper off. But we still could see some scattered snowshowers. Finally the totals. We are looking at 4 to 12 feet of snow in parts of the Sierra Nevada. Folk, thats not inches. Thats feet. Tahoe city and in the central portions of Sierra Nevada, low visibility there and even two to four feet in parts of wyoming. Janai . Janai all right, somara. Unbelievable images in the west there and down in texas. Turning now to the Georgia Election interference case involving former President Donald Trump, a judge will soon decide if the d. A. , fani willis, will be allowed to stay on the case or be disqualified. Abcs White House Correspondent maryalice parks is here with us in studio with more as closing arguments wrapped on friday. Good morning, maryalice. Reporter janai, good morning. Whether or not former President Donald Trump might stand trial in georgia this summer for election interference could all depend on whether the District Attorney bringing that case can stay on the case. Now, like you said, the arguments on whether she had too much of a conflict of interest are now done. The former president and 14 of his codefendants are waiting on the judges decision about whether shell be disqualified. Fulton county georgias District Attorneys office arguing fani willis might have been in a romantic relationship with one of her prosecutors, but that alone had not kept former President Donald Trump from getting a fair trial in the state. Its a desperate attempt to remove a prosecutor from a case for absolutely no reason other than harassment and embarrassment. Reporter but in closing arguments friday, trumps lawyers made the case that even the appearance of wrongdoing should be enough to get willis taken off the case. Once you have the appearance of impropriety, the law in georgia is clear, thats enough to disqualify. Reporter the willis case has become a salacious subplot to the larger election interference case against trump in georgia. He and 14 remaining codefendants charged for conspiring to unlawfully change the outcome of the election by pressuring state officials. This now infamous phone call between trump and georgias then secretary of state central to that case. I just want to find 11,780 votes, which is one more than we have. Reporter the former president denies all wrongdoing but setting a date for the trial of that case now on hold until judge scott mcafee decides whether willis who brought the case against trump can stay on the case, whether she benefited financially from hiring prosecutor nathan wade and then traveling with him, dating him. Its no longer just a theory that money changed hands. Its no longer speculation or conjecture. Reporter willis on the stand passionately defending herself last month. Youre confused. You think im on trial. These people are on trial for trying to steal an election in 2020. Reporter now, judge mcafee said he would have a ruling in the next two weeks. If he removes willis, an independent state body would be tasked with finding a new state prosecutor, who would then decide whether to continue the case. The real question then becomes how long will all of that take . Janai how long and whether the case will continue. And, maryalice, separate from that, the timing of a trial in florida over the former president s mishandling of classified documents, but no decision yet there. Reporter right, no decision yet. The trump team there arguing again that they dont think its fair for the former president to stand trial before the election in november, but the special Prosecutors Team said, theres no reason that that trial shouldnt go forward this summer, and they accuse the trump team of just trying to run out the clock. Whit something to watch closely. All right, maryalice parks, we appreciate it. Now to the decision by two major pharmacy chains to provide access to the Abortion Pill in states where its legal. Abcs em nguyen is in washington with that story. Em, good morning. Reporter good morning, whit. The Abortion Pill, mifepristone, will soon be available at the two largest pharmacy chains in the u. S. Walgreens says it expects to start filling prescriptions within a week providing potentially easier access to the drug at a small number of its locations where its legal including new york, pennsylvania, and california. Cvs says it will start dispensing in the weeks ahead in massachusetts and rhode island and then expand to other stores and states where the drug is legally permitted. Both pharmacy chains say theyve received certification to begin dispensing the abortion drug under the new rules the fda released last year, but those rules are now part of an upcoming case before the Supreme Court where an antiabortion rights group argues the drug is dangerous. Its a claim widely refuted by the fda and the medical community, which they say more than two decades on the market have proven otherwise. Justices will hear that later this month. In alabama lawmakers rushed to approve Legal Protections to in Vitro Fertilization Services this week in the wake of that Supreme Courts controversial ruling that frozen embryos should be considered children. State legislators in the republicanled house and senate expect that measure to be signed into law next week. Gio . Gio all right, em, thank you so much. And now to the humanitarian crisis in gaza. As the israelhamas war goes on, the u. S. Is set to begin air dropping food to 500,000 gazans, who the u. N. Say are on the brink of famine. Abcs Foreign CorrespondentTom Soufi Burridge is in israel now with the latest. Good morning, tom. Reporter good morning, gio. Yeah, those u. S. Air drops of aid into gaza set to begin this weekend according to the u. S. Official. The u. S. Following jordan and other countries already air dropping supplies. President biden saying innocent lives in gaza are now on the line. At least ten children in the gaza strip have starved to death, and dozens more are suffering from acute malnutrition according to the u. N. President biden announcing the u. S. Air drops just 24 hours after that deadly crush of people amid israeli gunfire. Israeli drone video showing i a desperate and chaotic scene as thousands of people surged towards a convoy of aid trucks. The hamasrun Health Ministry saying more than 100 palestinians were killed and dozens more injured. Israel saying its troops fired warning shots and only opened fire on people when they got too close to one of their tanks, adding dozens were crushed to death in the chaos. This morning a u. N. Team saying a large number of the injured in a local hospital had gunshot wounds. President biden calling the incident, tragic and alarming. Meanwhile, negotiations between israel and hamas for a ceasefire in gaza and the release of more hostages ongoing, and the Biden Administration pushing for a deal before the start of the holy month of ramadan in just over a week. Janai . Janai many hoping for that deal to come through. All right. Tom, thank you. Thousands of russians turning out to pay their respects to putin critic alexei navalny, who died in an arctic penal colony two weeks ago. A heavy Police Presence as the crowd lined up outside a suburban Moscow Church on friday where navalnys body laid in an open casket filled with roses. That line extending for more than a mile. This morning, more than 106 people have been detained at commemorations across the country. Whit in colorado a paramedic has been sentenced to dive years in prison for the death of elijah mcclain. Peter cichuniec was convicted of criminally negligent jeepts homicide. He and his codefendant Jeremy Cooper were accused of ketamine after an encounter with police in august of 2019. Cooper was found not guilty of assault in the seconddegree unlawful administration of drugs. They both had pleaded not guilty to their charges. Gio all right, whit, now to the guilty verdict against Michelle Troconis accused of conspiring to kill her boyfriends estranged wife, Jennifer Dulos. Her defense team promising to appeal the conviction. Abcs Morgan Norwood has more on that. Good morning, morgan. Reporter hey, good morning to you, gio. Thats right, they are vowing to fight back. But we are talking about a murder conspiracy case that centered around a bitter divorce, a love triangle, and a win of lies, and though Michelle Troconis is convicted, there are still many unanswered questions, and this morning, the family of Jennifer Dulos determined to get down to the bottom of what happened to the mother of five. This morning, Michelle Troconis now staring down a potential lifelong prison sentence after a jury unanimously found her guilty of conspiring to kill her boyfriends estranged wife, Jennifer Dulos. Troconis sobbing as the verdict was read, at one point resting her head on the table. Her family shocked at her conviction and vowing to appeal. Im her mother. Im devastated, and shes innocent, and i know that. My heart knows that. Reporter the trial lasting weeks and centered around troconis and the night Jennifer Dulos vanished. Prosecutors zeroing in on this Surveillance Video they said shows troconis with her livein boyfriend fotis dulos bending out of his pickup truck as he dumped trash bags full of evidence. The court also shown this Police Interrogation video. Did he ever talk to you about how to handle when we approach you . He said, keep calm. This is going to be over, stay strong. Reporter prosecutors leaning in on troconis own words. Anything can be used against her, and thats what i feel was done here. Reporter what started out as a missing persons case in may 2019 when 50yearold Jennifer Dulos disappeared after dropping her kids off at school quickly morphed into a massive search effort. Dulos declared dead, and her estranged husband, fotis, charged with murder but died by suicide before he could stand trial. Her body to this day never found. In a statement, the family of Jennifer Dulos writing, it is our hope that the resurgent Public Interest in this case might spur new, viable leads, adding, todays verdict is a crucial attribution of accountability, not of victory. Michelle troconis is due back in court on may 31st for sentencing. She faces up to 50 years in prison. Janai . Janai all right. Morgan, thank you. Now, to gas prices on the rise as the spring break travel season gets under way. Abcs Alexis Christoforous is here with how much more youll be paying at the pump. Alexis, two words, summer blend. Its all about that summer blend. You got it, guys. All right, well, gas prices typically do rise this time of year as warmer weather gets more americans out onto the open road. Its also the time of year when refineries switch over to the more expensive summer fuel. According to aaa, the National Average for a gallon of regular now 3. 33. That is roughly 6 cents higher than a week ago but still about 3 cents less than a year ago. Drivers in california, hawaii, and washington are paying the most to fill up, over 4 a gallon, while gas is still under 3 bucks a gallon in about a dozen states including colorado, texas, and arkansas. Now, experts warn prices at the pump will likely keep rising as drivers hit the road for the spring break holiday, but there are ways to get more bang for your buck out of a gallon of gas. To improve your cars fuel efficiency, experts recommend packing a lighter load. The heavier the car, the more energy it takes to move. Make sure your tires are properly inflated, and practice steady driving. Sudden speeding up and slowing down can actually decrease your