new allegations that donald trump tried to coerce the u.s. justice department to overturn the will of the people. we will have details on that. more arrests made in the capitol siege including one man accused of making chilling threats against a prominent lawmaker and a police officer. plus, the life of a legend. we are remembering larry king, taking a look back at some of his most unforgettable moments. hello and welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. this is cnn. i'm robyn curnow. ♪

live from cnn center, this is "cnn newsroom" with robyn curnow. so let's begin this hour with separate reports that present a stunning picture of how donald trump was allegedly prepared to use the u.s. department of justice to keep his grip on power. now, the "wall street journal" reports that mr. trump pushed the department to ask the supreme court to invalidate joe biden's election win. another plan involved firing the acting attorney general, jeffrey rosen, and replacing him with a lawyer willing to back mr. trump's false claims about election fraud in georgia. now, the efforts failed when appointees refused to go along. these revelations, of course, come just a couple of weeks before mr. trump's second impeachment trial. meanwhile, joe biden, the president's first weekend in office is proving to be a busy

one. one of his top advisers will be calling senators on both sides of the aisle to drum up support for a massive pandemic relief bill. a key feature is putting at least $3,000 per child into the pockets of parents. we'll have more on both of those developments in just a moment. but first, authorities have arrested and charged a man they say took part in the capitol attack on january the 6th. he's also accused of threatening to kill a house democrat. justice correspondent jessica schneider has more. >> reporter: another major arrest connected to the january 6th capitol attack, this time against a texas man accused of posting online death threats not only against democratic congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez but also against a capitol police officer. now, prosecutors say garrett miller of texas tweeted, quote, "assassinate aoc" and all said the police officer who fatally shot a female trump supporter inside the capitol, quote, "deserves to die" and also said

"won't survive long because, quote, it is hunting season. officials say miller participated in the capitol attack and posted extensively on social media before and after the attack saying a civil war could start and also next time we bring guns. congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez has been very vocal in the days after the attack. she has talked about how shie ad other members weren't sure they would make it out alive. >> i had a very close encounter where i thought i was going to die. it is not an exaggeration to say that many, many members of the house were nearly assassinated. it is just not an exaggeration to say that at all. we were very lucky that things happened within minutes that allowed members to escape the capitol -- the house floor unharmed. but many of us nearly narrowly

escaped death. >> this man who posted the threats against aoc is facing five federal criminal charges including for his participation in the attack as well as the death threats. now, garrett miller's attorney is telling cnn his client regrets the threats and also says this, quote. he did it in support of former president donald trump but he regrets his actions. he has the support of his family and a lot of the comments are viewed in context as really sort of misguided political hyperbole. given the political divide these days there is a lot of hyperbole. this is yet another suspect who said they were inspired by the president to attack the capitol. at this point more than 120 people have been charged. hundreds more could still be charged as prosecutors now zero in on that next round of charges that will likely be even more serious against those people who evaded law enforcement so far, and the charges could even include sedition and conspiracy. those include hefty sentences of

up to 20 years in prison. jessica schneider, cnn, washington. now, mr. trump's relentless attacks on the election results led to the capitol siege and his second impeachment. the new reports that he wanted to use the justice department to overturn joe biden's win could be a factor in a senate trial next month. here is ryan nobles with more on all of that. ryan. >> reporter: the impeachment trial of former president donald trump is now beginning to take shape here on capitol hill. on monday the house will send over the articles of impeachment, starting the clock on the trial itself. on monday the senators will be sworn in. on tuesday they will pick a presiding judge, but the trial itself won't begin until february 8th. that gives the former president roughly two weeks to get his legal house in order in time for the trial to begin. republicans pushed for that. they believed it was part of the due process that the former president should be afforded, but it also comes with an issue for president trump because in that time frame more information

could come out that could be damaging to his legal case. like, for instance, this "new york times" bombshell that came out over the weekend that suggests the president was putting pressure on members of the justice department to look for examples of voter fraud that would help him overturn the election. now, that's not directly connected to the capitol insurrection, but remember impeachment is not a legal argument. it is a political argument. if there are more examples of issues that republicans could potentially find with president trump, that could mean that democrats could convince the 17 necessary to cross party lines and vote to convict president trump. at this point it doesn't appear that there are enough of them to make that happen, but we're still waiting to see how the senate minority leader, mitch mcconnell, will rule on this case. he said that he wants to hear all of the arguments before making a decision. if mcconnell were to break from former president trump, there are a number of other republicans that could follow suit. ryan nobles, cnn on capitol

hill. joining me now is cnn political commentator tarus. lovely to see you again. >> thank you. >> this is the first week of a new presidency, but the stinch i th -- stench on capitol hill continues to linger. we are hearing of rioters wanting to assassinate congressional members. how many do you think the trauma for america will bleed into the biden administration? >> you know, that day will be another day that lives in infamy in american history, similar to pearl harbor and 9/11. january 6th will be known as an insurrection day, which is just a sad book end to donald trump's presidency. he started -- you know, a lot of us who were never trumpers in the beginning warned that the trump presidency would be disastrous, not only for the

republican party but for the country. but never could we have expected it to end in violence and with blood shed. the republicans in congress who still even after that day decided to vote against certifying joe biden's free and fair election should be ashamed of themselves. it is an indication of how strong donald trump's hold is on the republican party moving forward, even out of power. now, there are others who are looking at the situation, like mitch mcconnell, and are -- you know, they want to exorcise the republican party of donald trump and his ilk, but it is very difficult. as we saw, he has tens of millions of supporters who are in a cult-like fashion willing to follow him into whatever endeavors he chooses. so the politics of this are extremely complicated, but with the impeachment trial coming up in the senate, republicans have an opportunity to stop donald trump from ever running for office again. >> i want to talk about that. impeachment is always a political act.

we have discussed that the first time donald trump got impeached. how does this impact biden's early days again and is it necessarily a line in the sand for mr. biden and democrats or is it a distraction for mr. biden who is desperate as a new president, of course, to set his own agenda and move forward? >> you notknow, there were so m americans breathing a breath of fresh air that the chaos would be behind us. because of his dereliction of duty in the insurrection and leading up to it, we are forced to have to confront what he has done. i think that the congress is able to do two things at once. they can walk and chew gum at the same time. the idea that it is a distraction somehow that will derail joe biden's early days i think is a red herring. is it a political annoyance? yes. is it something to navigate?

sure. because even though the republicans do not control the senate anymore, they still do have some leverage in that they can slow down biden's confirmation process, his nominees. we're hoping that that doesn't happen. they need to fill the government positions. the country is in crisis between covid, the economy. so let's hope that republicans don't do that, but that's the leverage that they have. so biden is, you know, probably saying, listen, let's get through this and that's why they got the two weeks for the trial to start so that there would be some time. i will tell you what. the news that continues to come out now that people are talking about donald trump's behavior leading up to the insurrection, and if there isn't reason to convict him, i don't know what is. the more information that comes out, the more difficult it will be for republicans to just sweep it under the rug and move on. donald trump has to pay a price for this, or what's to stop the next president from behaving this way and flouting the constitution and behave like he is above the law?

>> you're not the first person i've heard tell me this. president biden, let's talk about covid. i mean he has a plan to help americans, not just out of the pandemic, but also out of the pandemic's economic crisis. again, this is also going to set up some sort of head-to-head confrontation with republicans in the senate over the stimulus package. how much political power does the president have with all of this and can he use it? >> you know, the sad part about this is that biden was handed virtually nothing. there was no national plan in place left behind by the trump administration, which is unconscionable. so they're basically starting from scratch. the american people are suffering, and suffering unnecessarily because donald trump failed in his response. so for republicans to hold the american people hostage in this situation when it comes to covid relief is really the most cynical-type of politics. they have to strike a deal because it is not just republican states and blue

states anymore. covid and the economy affect all americans, including the constituents in a lot of these red districts. so, you know, republicans deciding to find religion now on fiscal responsibility is laughable at this point considering what they allowed donald trump to get away with during his entire presidency, busting the deficit and not caring about any fiscal responsibility. now is not the time to play that game when the american people are crying out for help. so it is very encouraging that joe biden has a plan, that dr. fauci is front and center again, able to be the brilliant scientist that he is, unbridled, and that we have a president and an administration that actually listens to science and medical experts and will put the health of the american people first and, hopefully, get this vaccine distributed and the stimulus package passed so there's some relief for the american people. >> great to speak with you as always. thank you so much. >> thank you.

so legendary talk show host larry king has died at the age of 87. he hosted "larry king live" for cnn for more than 25 years, interviewing everyone who was anyone as well as everyday people. we have more on the life of this iconic radio and television legend. >> reporter: larry king spent more than a half a century as a broadcaster. >> it's been a hell of a 50 years. i don't know how much longer i can be, but as long as i feel it i'm going to keep going. >> reporter: king was born in brooklyn, new york, in 1933 as larry ziegler. he moved to miami in his 20s to pursue a job in radio. he also wrote a column for a local newspaper. in 1978 he started "the larry king show," a late night radio program that was eventually syndicated in hundreds of cities. >> good evening. my name is larry king and this is the premiere edition of "larry king live." >> reporter: king joined a still-young all-news cable channel called cnn in 1985 and

soon became the face of the struggling network. over more than 25 years he interviewed celebrities, politicians and news makers. he was known for his conversational style and for rarely becoming confrontational with guests. he was able to book the biggest names in hollywood, from elizabeth taylor and frank sinatra to al pacino and brad pitt. he famously kissed marlon bran doe. >> goodbye. >> goodbye. >> i have kissed my brother on the cheeks and i had friends hug me, but he is the only one that kissed me on the lips and i can't stop thinking about him. >> how do you stop it without nafta. >> reporter: king brought together prime minter rabin and yasser arafat. >> we don't want to divide the city. >> reporter: he sat down with past and present presidents from richard nixon -- >> did you hate the people that

criticized you? >> reporter: -- to barack obama -- >> this is the best job on earth. >> reporter: he covered live news events from wars to elections. >> do you think you are going to cost al gore the election tonight, honestly? >> no. >> reporter: shortly after the september 11th terrorist attacks, he brought his show to new york. >> when it comes to describing what i saw earlier this week at ground zero, i really cannot find the right words. >> reporter: king was married eight times, the last to sean southwick. after more than 25 years at cnn he decided to end his nightly show and only appear in specials for the network. he signed off his final regular broadcast on december 16th, 2010. >> i don't know what to say except to you, my audience, thank you. instead of goodbye, how about so long? >>so long, larry, from all of us

here at cnn. reaction is pouring in across the world, remembering larry king. oprah winfrey saying it was always a treat to sit at your table and hear your stories. thank you, larry king. bette midler tweeting, "he always made me feel as if i were the only person in the room." mariah carey adding, "a wonderful life and career." when we come back, the uk has vaccinated nearly 9% of its population against the coronavirus, but more contagious variants are spreading across the country. what the government's new vaccine strategy is and why some say it might not work. then we will continue to remember a legend. we will have more of larry king's iconic interviews. i want to take a look back at his first show on cnn back in 1985. take a look at this. good evening.

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long, loan lines here at dodger stadium, but what relief when you get to the end of it. you are looking at one of the places the city set up to provide covid vaccinations. some people say they waited up to five hours to get the shot. the city's mayor reports demand is far outstripping supply. a new more contagious coronavirus variant is popping up across the u.s. washington state reported its first two cases of the variant and oregon recorded its first.

the u.s. is nearing 25 million known cases of coronavirus, and it has only been one year since the first infection was reported here. more than 20 million vaccines have been administered in the u.s. far more people need to be reached though, and many states are really struggling to get the doses they need as natasha chin reports. >> good afternoon, folks. >> reporter: as the biden administration went into its first weekend promising to remain laser focused on the pandemic, the virus continues its lethal now year-long rampage. 764 deaths on friday alone in california, an all-time single day record for the state. meanwhile, the u.s. centers for disease control and prevention reported on saturday more than 1.4 million vaccine doses were administered. so far the biden administration has been meeting its goal of 1 million shots per day, about double what the u.s. was averaging in the month before the president took office. but local health providers are hitting road blocks in ramping

up. what resources would you need to be able to double what you are doing every day? >> a dependable vaccine supply. right now we are having to kind of dance a delicate dance between opening up additional appointments and the amount of vaccine that we have on hand. >> reporter: friday night the board of health in dekalb county, georgia, offered new appointments for the first time in nearly two weeks because they had been uncertain of how many new doses they would get. publix grocery stores, which are offering the vaccine in three states, told cnn they're also only releasing new appointments when they have confirmed and verified shipments of vaccine. >> i'm less worried, unless new news pops up about running out, as i am. this is going to take a lot longer than we expected in early december. i think the biden team has found that the cupboard is a lot barer than anyone thought. >> reporter: the los angeles county department of health says

they've only received enough vaccine to knock late only one in four people currently eligible. about 5% of the u.s. population got one dose. around half of the doses distributed to states still haven't been administered according to data from the cdc. >> the feds need to, you know, take control so that they can help the states. the line was long, and i waited an hour and a half, but, you know, that's okay. if you really want to get this, you will wait. >> reporter: and there's hope for improvement because dr. anthony fauci says now science is guiding the way. >> that's a different tone actually. that's strikingly different. that's the reason why even though there's still going to be a lot of challenges ahead, if you stick with the scientific data and are transparent, open and honest with the american public, i think you are going to see things are going to be different as we move forward. >> i'm all done! >> you're all done. >> yay! >> reporter: all of the work of getting here was worth it.

natasha chin, cnn, atlanta. and the british government is racing to get as many people vaccinated against the virus as possible, and it has a new strategy, delaying the second dose of the pfizer/biontech vaccine. many uk doctors are against the idea, but some scientists said it could help save more lives as scott mcclain now explains. scott. >> reporter: a measure of success in the uk in the fight against the coronavirus. on saturday the government said more than 5.8 million people had received their first dose of vaccine. that's nearly 9% of the population. but critics say rolling out the second doses should be happening sooner. doctors from the british medical association want to reduce the gap between the first and second dose of the pfizer/biontech vaccine from up to 12 weeks to six weeks. the country's chief medical officer says the longer wait allows more people to build up immunity. but pfizer says the vaccine was only tested at a 21-day interval. >> no other nation in the world

has taken this stance. we want to be sure that if this delay is occurring, we're not compromising and we're not going to result, we hope, in people becoming infected who may have been protected by having an earlier second dose. >> reporter: the vaccine's even more crucial as a more contagious variant of the virus sweeps through the uk and beyond. the world health organization says it has been detected in more than 60 countries. early data suggests current vaccines can be effective against this variant, but the uk's chief scientist says there is some evidence this strain may be more deadly than others, but it is too soon to tell. >> there's a lot of uncertainty around these numbers, and we need more work to get a precise handle on it. but it obviously is of concern that this has an increase in mortality as well as an increase in transmissibility as it appears to date. >> reporter: in january the uk went back into lockdown because of an alarming number of new cases, many driven by the variant. as even more strains of the virus are identified in brazil

and south africa and with questions about how they will respond to vaccines, the uk suspended its travel corridors on monday and says it is considering a full border closure to protect the population. scott mcclain, cnn, london. well, coming up here on cnn, a busy weekend in the new biden white house. no angry tweets, no golf, but a lot of calls to u.s. allies. plus, we will find out how his asia policy will differ from mr. trump's. will china hit a reset button with a new u.s. president? we ask that question. also, privacy concerns over contact tracing data. what information has actually been gathered and how sometimes it is not just use to track the spread of the virus. and we'll have more reaction on the death of broadcasting legend larry king. here is the moment he asked former u.s. president ronald reagan about the attempt on thinks life. take a listen. >> what is it like to be shot?

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welcome back to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. you are watching cnn. i'm robyn curnow. it is 31 minutes past the hour. the new u.s. president is wasting no time trying to repair the damage of the last four years, both at home and abroad. well, this weekend joe biden has been calling american allies and assuring them that things will be different from donald trump. well, john howard reports now from the white house. >> reporter: well, president joe biden is spending his first weekend in the white house doing some of the typical things that new presidents do, reaching out to key allies, and in this case it is all the more important given some of those alliances were strained under the trump administration. he spoke by phone with british prime minister boris johnson. they talked about the importance of nato as well as climate change. johnson has cheered the

president's return to the paris climate agreement. talked to presideenriq presiden. he talked to canadian president trudeau about the keystone pipeline. that is a point of contention with president joe biden because biden revoked the pipeline, canada favors it. with all three leaders they talked about the importance of the covid pandemic. the broader agenda for joe biden which he is trying to get early momentum is the covid-19 pandemic and the related economic recovery. he met with advisers at the white house today. vice president kamala harris was there. they are trying to gear up momentum for the covid relief package, $1.9 trillion to try to get through congress. his economic adviser brian dienst will be talking with 16 senators of both parties, see if they can get a bipartisan package. if not, democrats will try to do

it through a special budget procedure with democratic votes only. but critically important for joe biden to get action quickly on covid-19 and the economic recovery. john harwood, cnn, the white house. >> thanks, john, for that. so the chinese foreign ministry recently called trump administration officials, quote, anti-china politicians who had undermined the relationship between the u.s. and china. so how will president biden's asia policy differ from his predecessor's? with me now in hong kong is cnn correspondent will ripley. hi, will. you look dapper. lovely to see you. i suppose china flying war planes near taiwan, is this obviously muscle flexing going on? >> reporter: it is a new year but same old business in the south china sea, china continuing to assert what it views as its rightful position in this region as the superpower and the u.s. pushing back.

the state department over the weekend saying that china by flying about a dozen war planes over the taiwan strait is, you know, doing what it has done repeatedly against taiwan, military, diplomatic and economic bullying and the state department says it needs to stop. that is a similar hard-line position to the stance taken by the trump administration. however, in other areas like climate change, like trade, president biden may seek to try to reboot, if you will, with china. but on these issues of human rights and the suppression of the pro-democracy movement here in hong kong, the accusations of genocide against uyghur muslims, it seems as if biden is keeping up with trump's hard-line stance. >> let's break it down a little more. how do you think in these key areas of trade or uyghurs or hong kong, for example, will the policies differ? if there's going to be a fight to pick, what do you think this president will prioritize? >> reporter: well, i think that

the united states obviously needs to do something to try to bring u.s./china relations back up from the dredges. these are the lowest levels they've been in decades according to pretty much every stakeholder involved here in the region. but on other points of contention, it is kind of like the same old back and forth. certainly on the issue of taiwan, beijing has repeatedly told washington to butt out. they say taiwan, they don't acknowledge taiwan's government is legitimate. they say it is a renegade province they have a right to take back at any time, and there was almost kind of a warning shot that beijing issued by sanctioning those 28 former trump administration officials including the former u.s. secretary of state mike pompeo, calling them as you said in your intro, robyn, anti-china politicians trying to suppress and restrain china. president trump declassified the documents, laying out the u.s.'s plan to try to box in china in this region. china says they just won't stand

for that. >> okay. broadly in the region, asian allies, how are they looking to this biden presidency as well? >> reporter: well, certainly president biden is getting very warm welcomes from traditional allies like japan and south korea. india's prime minister, even though he was close with trump, welcoming president biden. you heard nice greetings from malaysia, from singapore, from indonesia. but there are other countries that are kind of feeling like they will be caught in the middle of the two superpowers again like thailand. of course, every country in this region is a strong trading partner with china as well as the united states, so they have to try to balance their own economic and diplomatic interests in the region between the duelling interests of the two superpowers. in terms of the overall welcoming in the region, of possible return to stability in the united states, the overwhelming consensus even from countries that were close with trump is that they're happy to see biden come in. now they want to see what is going to happen, robyn. >> okay. thanks for that. lovely to see you in hong kong.

will ripley there. one country that has managed covid well is singapore. will has reported on that as well. a lot part of the success is due to mobile contact tracing. now an admission by singapore's government is raising privacy concerns as kristie lieu stout explains. >> reporter: no lockdown in the city. in singapore local infection rates have been close to zero for months, a factor behind its success -- >> trace together. >> reporter: contact tracing technology. the government's trace together technology includes a smartphone app and token that use bluetooth to gauge proximity between users to alert them if they've been in contact with someone who tested positive for covid-19. more than 4.2 million people or 78% of singapore's population used the technology. in june authorities insisted it is not a tracking device and data is encrypted and would not be used for other purposes. >> the only time the data leaves

the phone or the device is in the unlikely event that you are diagnosed with covid-19. >> reporter: but that may not necessarily be the case. this month in parliament a government minister said police can obtain trace together data for criminal investigations. >> singapore police force is empowered under the criminal procedure court to obtain any data, and that includes the trace together data, for criminal investigations. >> reporter: analysts say the backtracking on privacy undermines citizen's trust. >> i think it has perhaps left an unpleasant taste in the mouths of those from singapore and it raises questions about whether future assurances are given by the government in regard to data collection, you know, data use, you know, whether people will have the high level of trust and confidence. >> reporter: privacy concerns about the technology have been raised around the world.

in south korea where health authorities and sometimes businesses share the whereabouts of coronavirus patients. >> i know the exact locations this individual went to. i know the door that they used in order to get inside my local supermarket. >> reporter: and in china where photos and personal information from a beijing covid-19 health app were reportedly leaked and sold online. when the technology required to control the virus ends up undermining privacy, what should governments do? >> need to follow the six data privacy principles. so it is a collection of purpose means, of making sure that information is accurate, make sure that we don't retain it for a longer period of time than we need to, make sure that we use it for the purpose that we're actually collecting it for, make sure that we have the right type of security safeguards, the openness to make sure that we share what we're actually doing with the actual data, and also allow the people to correct the data if the data is actually not

accurate. >> reporter: singapore has acknowledged its error in not stating that data from trace together is not exempt from the criminal procedure code and will introduce new legislation to limit police use of such data. it remains to be seen whether that will placate any concerns or whether in certain countries privacy is considered a price of tackling the pandemic. kristie lu stout, cnn, hong kong. coming up on cnn, russians brave the winter cold and turn out in droves to support jailed opposition leader alexei navalny. we will show you what they want and how police responded. that's ahead. rld is pretty smar. wicked smart. so we built an education just as smart. so smart it can work at my speed? yep. with flexpath, you can finish your bachelors degree on your terms and budget. capella university. don't just learn. learn smarter.

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this just in to cnn. at least 11 miners have been rescued after being trapped in a gold mine in china for two weeks now. state media say the man in the video you see here is the first one to be rescued since the mine blast back on january 10th.

as you can see from some of the pictures, the man was extremely weak and was taken to hospital. lucky though. state media reports 22 miners were trapped underground. we know at least one miner is believe to have been killed in the blast. we will continue to monitor and bring you updates. the u.s. state department, the eu and british foreign ministers have condemned russia for using force against opposition protesters. tens of thousands of people demonstrated across the country on saturday. some 1,800 were detained and police were seen hitting people with batons. the protesters were demanding the release of opposition leader alexei navalny. hills arrest last week sparked widespread outrage, the kind of public defiance that has not been seen in moscow for years. fred pleitgen reports. >> reporter: return cops using a

heavy hand. the folks you are hearing around me, they're screaming, same, same, as riot police are making their advance. despite massive efforts by authorities to stop people from coming and the risk of detention, thousands showed up. some saying they simply can't stay silent anymore. >> i'm not proud of my country, and i don't want my government to poison people and put them in prison. i want more freedom. i want proper elections and normal government. >> reporter: alexei navalny was detained when he arrived in moscow last sunday from germany where he got treatment after being poisoned by the chemical nerve agent novichok. the kremlin denied involvement in the poisoning. even in jail he published about putin's pal answer worth around $1.4 billion.

a putin spokesperson said the president doesn't own a palace. navalny called on russians to take to the streets. >> i urge you not to be silent, to resist, to take to the streets. >> reporter: russian authorities arrested many of navalny's supporters, even his wife yulia as she was trying to head to the protest in moscow. she was released after several hours in detention. but across russia it is estimated tens of thousands turned out with rallies in places like st. petersburg, in the far east and even in the siberian town at almost minus 60 degrees farenheit. russian officials accuse the u.s. embassy in moscow of, quote, encouraging the protests after it disclosed the location of the demonstrations on its website, urging u.s. citizens to avoid them. but people at the rally in moscow said their message is to their own leadership. >> with the political situation right now, i just don't see a future in this country. >> reporter: after a day with scenes like these and over 2,000

arrests across the country according to a monitoring group. russian authorities launched an investigation, but into violence against the police. fred pleitgen, cnn, moscow. and just ahead, we will have more on the passing of legend larry king. here is the moment he got his star on the hollywood walk of fame. >> mr. larry king! larry.

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fun at his own expense. take a look at what happened when comedian robin williams took over the show's control, take a look. >> larry, take this real tight if you can. that's tight? just try and cut the suspenders, because i wore those first. okay. larry, we've got an interview with one of your sperm, it's in assisted living in miami. so we're hoping to see it, it's been there a couple of years. i don't know. bob, cut to the sperm. okay, back to larry. okay, larry. larry, we've got -- give me the shot of britney. pan up. okay. no, yeah keep the two of them in, keep the producer there wondering how we're going to air this. okay. now we've got mel gibson and rabbi. he's doing a production of " "fiddler on the roof." >> the first executive producer

of "larry king live" talked about what it was like talking to radio and taking him into television. >> it was the early days of cnn. we didn't have the fabulous sets that you have now. but if you remember the dots behind larry king's set, it was an old set left somewhere. in fact, they don't connect directly. one year we decided to paint them colors. the idea was that it would appear there was more going on than there actually was. ted turner's idea was, we're not going to change this guy. we had to go out and purchase the same microphone that mutual radio had and let him talk. the critical thing is we took calls from viewers, which in tv, nobody did. i can tell you, it took years to get some guests, because they didn't want the american people, and then eventually the world, to be able to ask those questions. larry was always the great equalizer.

in his interviews and also on his personal life. he treated everyone the same. if we told him it was a taxi driver or if it was the president, he approached it the same way. the thing people don't know is he famously didn't, quote, do research. that doesn't explain it. larry knew everything about everything. he read. he may not have read your book, he probably read five reviews of your book. he was really well informed. wasn't formally educated so he didn't formally prepare for the show. we would have fun every night basically talking through the interview before it happened. and he would go out and do it. but he never -- somebody asked me today. he never really analyzed his interviews. he liked making news but he didn't live for it. he didn't understand sometimes why people were so willing to come and talk to him. he was a very humble man.

>> humble, but larry king had many funny moments and touching moments as well, including this, when he signed off on his final show after more than 25 years of hosting it. we'll leave you with his heartfelt message. >> it's -- it's not very often in my life i've been without words. i want to thank everybody associated with this program. all the people behind the scenes. as i mentioned, wendy and the staff, the floor people, everybody who makes it possible, even the suits at the top. i'm going to go on, do other things, specials on cnn, i'm going to be seen in other places, do some radio work, be around baseball. so you're not going to see me go away. but you're not going to see me here on this set anymore. i -- i am -- i don't know what to say, except to you, my audience. thank you. and instead of good-bye, how about, so long.

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