January 6th . Deep freeze. An arctic blast sweeping across the northeast. Wind chills in the teens from d. C. To philly, and Single Digits from new york up to boston. Rob marciano standing by. Kremlin crackdown. Tens of thousands protesting across russia. Demanding the release of putin critic alexei navalny. Demonstrators clashing with police. More than 2,000 detained. Celebrating a broadcasting legend. Iconic talk show host larry king dead at 87, weeks after contracting covid19. A look back at some of his most memorable moments. A work from home tax . Millions forced to work remotely amid this pandemic. Why you could owe more this tax season. And billion dollar mystery. The search for the person who hit that massive Mega Millions jackpot. Tonight we take you to the winning town. Good evening. Thanks for joining us on this saturday. Im tom llamas. We begin tonight with the covid19 crisis. One year in, and america now on track for its deadliest month yet with the variant spreading that may be more lethal, and still more chaos and confusion in the vaccine rollout. Images from arizona highlighting what is still happening here, a victim loaded into a truck. Nearly 64,000 americans have died of covid19 in the first three weeks of 2021. That surge driving the total u. S. Lives lost to more than 416,000. Health officials expect well hit 500,000 fatalities by february. That uk variant that british officials have said may be up to 30 deadlier is now in 22 states with researchers racing to identify it. And while friday saw the nations highest single day number of vaccines given, some 1. 6 million doses, the rollout remains inconsistent, with some patients waiting hours and some States Running out of supply, including right here in new york. We will have more on the vaccine in just a moment, but we begin tonight with covids deadly grip on the nation. Abcs trevor ault leads us off from new york city. Reporter tonight, with january on track for more coronavirus cases and deaths than any month so far, new concerns about the uk variant, with some british officials warning it could be up to 30 more deadly. Though scientists are stressing more research is needed as to whether the variant is deadlier. Bottom line, these are serious situations that we follow very closely, and if necessary, we will adapt to it. Reporter with the variant now confirmed in at least 22 states, Stanford Medicine launching largescale surveillance in the bay area to identify it or any other variant. This virus is quite transmissible, and some of these new variants may be even more transmissible. Reporter on average this week, an american death from covid19 was reported every 30 seconds. This Georgia School district losing two teachers within hours of each other, sparking protests against schools reopening there. Teachers and staff shouldnt have to die to be able to do their job. Reporter and some states that were already ravaged by the virus over the summer are once again seeing a surge. While we wish that this pandemic would be behind us at this time, were definitely not there. Reporter florida reporting a recordtying 277 deaths friday along with 14,000 new cases. The cdc says arizona has the highest number of cases per capita in the country. To think back, its hard, and youd rather just not, because if you think back, it hurts. Reporter phoenix nurse melody nungarayortiz fighting back tears thinking about the chaos and heartbreak she and her team fight through every day. Sorry, its fine. The painful memories going back nearly a year now. And trevor ault joins us outside a hospital here in new york. Trevor, while cases and deaths nationally both started to trend down, there are still many areas seeing troubling numbers, including right here in new york. Reporter thats right, tom. New york has now climbed back into the top five states in terms of new daily cases per capita. And here in new york city, a third of the citys zip codes, home to millions of people, have seen the Positivity Rate climb above 10 . Tom . Trevor ault leading us off tonight. Trevor, thank you for that. Now to the vaccine rollout with President Biden vowing to deliver 100 million doses in the first 100 days. A key factor could be emergency use authorization of the johnson and johnson vaccine, which unlike pfizer and moderna, requires only a single shot. But that help could still be weeks away. Abcs zohreen shah outside Dodger Stadium where cars are lining up. Reporter tonight, a twoday record nearly 3 million shots into arms, but states nationwide still struggling to meet the surging demand. New york running out of vaccines. The next shipment coming early next week. We have 7 million eligible people, okay . At 250,000 doses a week, this is going to take us 15, 16, 17 weeks. Reporter florida, california, and new jersey also facing dwindling supply. I cannot be any clearer we have built a vaccine infrastructure that can handle this job. We need to doses. Reporter despite the virus raging in california, the state ranking near the bottom of the list in percent of available shots administered. L. A. s mayor saying at the current pace, the county will not finish vaccinations until june of 2022 unless more Companies Hit the market. Dr. Anthony fauci saying johnson and johnsons promising oneshot vaccine may be ready for emergency authorization in two weeks. Youre going to see a sharp escalation of additional doses of this onedose vaccine. Reporter eligibility requirements also adding to frustrations. New mexico reversing course for teacher eligibility, leading to thousands of abrupt cancellations. The mood at our school went way down. They pulled a lot of hope, and theres a lot of frustration. Reporter in maryland, firefighter Steve Collins saying covid nearly killed him. Most horrific experience of my life. Reporter now begging colleagues to get vaccinated. I dont want what happened to me ugh. To happen to any of my brothers or sisters. Zohreen shah joins us from outside Dodger Stadium in los angeles. California having such a huge problem getting the vaccines out, and youre learning it could be a long time until everyone in the current Eligibility Group gets their shots . Reporter tom, you can see Drivers Behind me about to get vaccinated. The Biggest Issue here is supply. California Officials Say it could take until june until everyone 65 and over is vaccinated, and that pushes back vaccinations for everyone else. Tom . Zohreen shah from l. A. Zohreen, thank you. Now to former president trumps looming Senate Impeachment trial. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says shell transmit the article on monday. Senate majority leader Chuck Schumer setting the week of february 8th as the start date for the impeachment trial. Meanwhile, a pair of explosive reports out today may ratchet up the pressure. Andrew dymburt is in washington. Reporter tonight, two new reports that could potentially damage former president Donald Trumps case ahead of his second impeachment trial. The first suggesting he knew substantial reinforcements would be needed to protect the capitol on january 6th. In an interview with vanity fair, thenacting defense secretary Christopher Miller recalling ahead of the deadly riot, when discussing the pentagons plans, trump told him, quote, youre going to need 10,000 people. The single article of impeachment charges the former president with incitement of insurrection. That day, he urged his supporters to march to the capitol. If you dont fight like hell, youre not going to have a country anymore. Reporter and they did. Multiple sources tell abc news trump rebuffed evidents from quite some time to deploy the national guard. Many charged in connection with the siege have said on the record they acted at the behest of the president. I thought i was following my president. I thought i was following what we were called to do. Reporter also tonight, explosive allegations surrounding trumps desperate attempts to overturn his election loss. The New York Times reporting in his final weeks in the white house, the former president discussed removing the acting attorney general Jeffery Rosen and replacing him with jeffrey clark, a now former doj attorney sympathetic to trumps cause. the times says it was all part of an elaborate scheme to throw out president joe bidens victory in georgia. The department of justice is declining to comment on the report, and clark, when reached by abc news asserted the times account contains inaccuracies, but did not specify. Rosen served as acting ag through the end of trumps term. Tonight Senate Majority leader Chuck Schumer is calling on the doj to investigate after that the New York Times report. Well see if democrats choose to add rosen or clark to their witness list. When asked for comment, trumps team did not specifically respond to those allegations in that report. Tom . Andrew, thank you for that. Lets turn to weather. The bonechilling cold settling in for millions in the northeast. Slick conditions on the road in utah as snow falls across the rockies and midwest. Those systems will become more organized as they push east. Lets get to abcs senior meteorologist rob marciano. Good evening. Reporter hi, tom. That cold air certainly has moved in. Look at the numbers in the morning in the east. Single digits in new york. Boston, 3. Minus 5 will be the wind chill in albany. That will set the stage for snow, with these systems coming into the west. Rain in southern california. This precip comes together tomorrow, and during the Morning Hours on monday, dallas could see strong thunderstorms. Icy conditions and snow across the midwest. Chicago to detroit. This pushes to east for our first round of snow, philly to new york, and another stronger system right behind it. Tom . Rob, thank you for that. We head overseas now. Violent clashes between antigovernment protesters and russian police. The rare images were seeing tonight. Abcs maggie rulli has the latest. Reporter tonight, one of the largest protests in russias recent history. Masked riot police confronting ten of thousands of protesters. This activist abruptly hauled away while talking to the media. Shes one of thousands arrested. The crackdown growing violent. Russians braving bitter temperatures, sometimes fighting with snowballs. Protesting against the imprisonment of alexei navalny, the wellknown Opposition Leader arrested immediately after he returned to moscow last week. Navalny had been poisoned with a nerve agent, heard here in pain on a flight. He blames russian president Vladimir Putin for the attack. Support for navalny spreading to regions that rarely see protests. Navalnys wife posting this photo on instagram when she was detained. She was later released. The u. S. State department is going beyond just condemning these mass arrests. Theyre calling for protesters and navalny himself to be released. Tom . Maggie rulli covering the developments out of russia tonight. Maggie, thank you. Back here at home to michigan and a small down north of detroit, where everyones asking the same question who won last nights billion dollar Mega Millions jackpot . Abcs elwyn lopez reporting tonight from novi, michigan. Reporter tonight, its the billion dollar mystery who in novi, michigan, a town of 55,000, holds the ticket for the Third Largest jackpot in u. S. History . You hear all the time people winning across the country, and you go, i wish that was my city. Im glad somebodys getting some good fortune their way. Reporter the win came after the prize had rolled over 37 times with no winner. The climb in part due to the pandemic with less people buying tickets. The odds of winning incredible 1 in 302 million. If the winner takes the lump sum payment, theyll get nearly 740 million. Winning ticket sold at this kroger. Neighbors now hoping the Mega Millions winner will put that money back into the community. I did hear it on the news this morning and i was just so ecstatic. Hopefully theyll be ready to help some people in the area. Reporter the person who purchased that billion dollar ticket at this kroger cant stay in the dark forever. The winner has up to a year to come forward. Tom. Im sure theyre very happy tonight. Elwyn, thank you. Now to the passing of broadcast legend larry king. Famous for his Straight Talk interviews with the worlds biggest newsmakers. He died in los angeles. King had been hospitalized earlier this month while battling covid19. Tonight, abcs david wright with a look at some of his most memorable moments. Reporter he still holds the Guinness World record for longest running tv show hosted by the same person good evening. My name is larry king, and this is the premier edition of the larry king live. Reporter on the same network in the same time slot. Larry king conducted more than 50,000 interviews. I have no intention of running for president. Reporter including pop stars were so excited to welcome lady gaga. Im going the make him an offer he cant refuse. Reporter and culture giants. Darling, goodbye. Goodbye. Reporter in his shirtsleeves and suspenders behind that microphone, king was an icon himself. Do you like wearing suspenders . Not particularly. No . No. But you wear them in my honor . Yeah. Reporter king said one of the few people that left him star struck was frank sinatra. Why are you here . Im glad you came. Because you asked me to come, and i havent seen you in a long time. Reporter his show didnt feature just celebrities. Montreal, quebec, hello. Reporter there were newsmakers, too. Los angeles for president reagan. Reporter kings questions for typically blunt, no nonsense. Although he was a straight shooter, he shot from the hip. King said he worried overpreparing would make for bad interviews. You gave it up, right . I did. They didnt cancel you. You canceled them. Reporter king as habit of winging it made for some memorable moments. Do you know who i am . Jewish guy, brooklyn. Yes. 75 Million Viewers last episode. Reporter more than half a century behind the microphone, king had millions of fans, too. Thank you. And instead of goodbye, how about so long . Id like to be remembered as, one, the man who lived longer than anybody ever lived, because i dont want to leave. And id like to be remembered as someone who greatly contributed to the profession he chose to be in. 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Im tom llamas in new york. Stay safe. Good night. Tonight, onabc 7 news at 6 00. Hundreds of people inside a San Francisco church for a service. We spoke exclusively to the arch bishop about why it happened. He was the king of the interview. Zblnk we take a look back at the career of legendary larry king. And california moving in the right direction. The encouraging sign the covid surge could be ending. Abc 7 news at 6 00 starts right now. Building a better bay area, for a safe and secure future. This is abc 7 news. We had every plan, every intention, to have mass outdoors. We talk with the arch bishop of San Francisco after hundreds of people attended a service indoors something that is not allowed under the currenthealth order. Im dion lim. That Service Today was part of a rally in San Francisco. Prolife activists filled the streets, today, with a 17th annual West Coast Walk for life. The day began with a morning prayer vigil the planned parenthood on valencia street. 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