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>> after daunte jr. -- was daunte jr.> he did. >> tell the jury about that relationship. >> he was very proud to be a father. he was also a worried dad, just because he was premature, about him sleeping, because he did sleep a lot as a premature baby, he was really worried about that. he would play with him. he would do everything that a father needs to do for his child. he would -- he was an amazing dad. >> so ms. bryant, and take your time, please, i'm going to ask you some questions about april 11th of this year, okay? could you tell the jury what you were doing that day? >> i had daunte jr. he stayed the night. it was just an average day. and we woke up, he had his favorite chocolate chip pancakes and he was eating breakfast, watching cocoa melon, and it was time for his nap that was around 12 something that afternoon. >> were you watching daunte jr. by yourself for part of that day? >> yes. >> did you end up seeing your son daunte later on in the day? >> i did. >> could you describe that interaction for the jury, ple

it wasn't just with daunte wright.at larger point you've been talking about, which is so important as it comes down to accountability. there are countless officers that go to work every single day protecting everybody, but there are others who betray their badge and they are held accountable. because officers are given such power, they know that prosecutors will be looking over their shoulders, and that's what the prosecutor is saying here, that someone in that position needs to understand that if they become a threat to the public, they will be held accountable. one last thing i want to point out because there was so much testimony we can talk about, but in addition to body worn cameras and positions across the country calling for body-worn cameras, even officers knowing how to manipulate the devices they are given on their tool belts every single day -- you know, potter was asked about whether she tested her taser, what it did, what it looked like. she said she could hardly recall what the lights looked like that cam

at 20, daunte could have done anything.uld have gone into the building trades, maybe started a business, what we know is he was a young new dad, and he was so proud of his son daunte junior. we know that he loved his mom, and he loved his dad, and he loved his siblings, and his big beautiful family. he had his whole life in front of him. he could have become anyone. all of us miss out on who daunte could have been. no one has missed him more than his parents, katie and aubrey. and their children. i'm very mindful today that there will be an empty chair at the wright family dinner during the holidays. that saddens me, and once again, i extend my deepest condolences to you. with the jury finding kimberly potter guilty today of manslaughter in the first degree and manslaughter in the second degree, in connection with daunte's death, we have a degree of accountability for daunte's death accountability is not justice. justice is restoration. justice would be restoring daunte to life and making the wright family whole again. just

that is talking about the death of daunte wright.ring you — a spokesman says japan has "no plans to send government officials" to february's winter olympics in china's capital, beijing. japanese olympic officials will still attend the games. it comes after the us and other countries announced diplomatic boycotts over concerns over human rights. those human rights concerns relate to what is happening in china's north—western region of xinjiang. china has been accused of committing crimes against humanity and possibly genocide against the uyghur population and other mostly muslim ethnic groups there. china denies it. now, president biden has signed into a law a bill that requires all companies to prove that goods imported from the region were not produced with forced labour. us firms doing business in xinjiang, including coca—cola, nike and apple, have criticised the legislation. i asked dr erkin sidick, president of the uyghur projects foundation, what effect he hopes the bill will have. in our interview, dr sidick refers to the xinji

for daunte. but accountability is an important step. necessary step on the road to justice for us all. >> reporter: he went on to say potter who is in custody without bail seen her smiling in her latest mug shot after she was convicted on two counts of manslaughter for killing daunte wright, she will still have the chance to correspond end speak to her family, daunte wright will not. sentencing is set for february 18th which based on the guidelines she will likely be in the range of a little over six years and a little under nine years for that sentence. but when it comes to today, daunte wright's mother said 23 was his favorite number and here we are with this verdict on the 23rd of december. wolf. >> i want you to stick around. stay with us. i have some more questions for you. i want to bring in cnn legal analyst joey jackson and laura coates. laura, are you surprised potter was found guilty on both charges? >> well, you know, given the earlier in the week question about the idea, what would happen if we can't reach consensus, i think

joining me now is daunte wright's mother and benjamin crump, the attorney representing daunte wright'suld imagine as the verdict was read. i'm wondering this morning how or what are you feeling? >> good morning. still, it is still -- i'm in shock, disbelief. i am, again, just every single emotion still. we're still trying to decompress and just have so many emotions still as of today. >> i'm sure a number of people reached out to you since this verdict was read. what are you hearing from folks, from supporters, from your son's friends, from your family? >> we're receiving so many messages from supporters. they're leaving congratulations, i know this doesn't feel like a win, but it is a victory to actually be able to have, you know, our day in court and to be able to have two guilty verdicts. this is a win. even though daunte won't be coming home. so so much support, so much love. >> there has been a fair amount of discussion about accountability versus justice. where do you stand this morning? >> i'm still going to always stand on accountability. i think, again, justice would be daunte

i was — i was there, with the family, on the evening that daunte was killed.to a conclusion with these guilty verdicts before the christmas holiday. and obviously, this — this is notjustice, it's not the desired — obviously, the desired — obviously, the desired outcome would be that daunte would be spending this holiday with his family, but i think the family and i think, really, kind of all of minnesota is breathing a sigh of relief this is over and we have demonstrated that police officers, you know, there is accountability for your actions. and that, you know, you make a mistake, but mistakes — it does not mean you — they don't have consequences. yeah, accountability and hopefully some closure for the family of daunte wright. thank you so much forjoining us. mt; you so much for “oining us. my pleasure. h you so much forjoining us. ii pleasure. thanks for you so much forjoining us. ii1 pleasure. thanks for having you so much forjoining us. i=i1 pleasure. thanks for having me. russia's president has again insisted that the west must give russia guarantees tha

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>> daunte wright! >> reporter: shortly after the verdict crowds outside the courthouse chanted wright's name. while the state pushed to reassure potter's police family. >> when a member of your profession is held accountable, it does not diminish you. in fact, it it shows. it shows the whole world that those of you who enforce the law are also willing to live by it it. >> reporter: the jury took nearly 27 hours to deliberate whether potter's actions were criminal. >> i took the wrong [ bleep ] gun! >> reporter: over eight days in minneapolis jurors heard from 33 witnesses including tearful testimony from potter herself. >> i didn't want to hurt anybody. >> reporter: the defense aimed to prove the 26-year police veteran was protecting her fellow officers during a risky traffic stop. >> she didn't cause this, and she had a right to use deadly force. >> reporter: in closing arguments they faulted wright for not cooperating with law enforcement. >> she says taser, taser, taser. and he said okay. stop, i gi

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daunte wright can't. i want you to hear from katy bryant, daunte wright's mother, with her reaction right after the verdict was read. >> oh, my gosh. the moment that we heard guilty on the manslaughter one, emotions, every single emotion you could imagine just running through your body at that moment. i kind of let out a yelp because it was built up and the anticipation of what was to come while we were waiting the last few days. and now we've been able to process it. >> my thoughts are also with those who work in law enforcement and public safety. we hold you in high regard and we also hold you to high standards. we don't want you to be discouraged. your community respects and appreciates you. we want you to uphold the highest ideals of our society and ideals of safety. >> this of course is the second high profile conviction of a minneapolis area police officer or former police officer that we've seen. of course, back in april it was derek chauvin that was convicted in the murder of george floyd. ellison

>> daunte was very special to us.ou know, we -- we loved daunte, and he loved us with all of our heart. you know, it's sad that his name was associated with the kim potter trial. he meant a lot to us. >> i can see that. i'm the mother of a son myself, and i know that you think of daunte, you and your wife, it was your first child together. and you have two other children as well, and i'm just very sorry, and i just want to convey that, full stop. i'm very sorry what you're experiencing especially this time of year and what you're going through, sir. and of course there was celebration in the streets of minneapolis after this verdict was read, but i'd love for you to tell me what you were thinking when you heard this verdict of guilty on both counts, mr. wright? >> oh, man. what was i thinking? i was thinking, thank you, god. you know, it's been -- it's been months and months of waiting and praying, you know, wishing and praying for the best. so i was -- we were very happy. although it's not we're going to bring daunte

former police officer kim potter is found guilty of manslaughter in the fatal shooting of daunte wright. our experts will break down the verdict and its significance for the fight to hold police accountable. also tonight the omicron surge worsens as the holiday travel rush gets into full swing across the united states the demand for covid tests is intensifying. new york city just scaled back its new year's eve bash. former president trump takes his battle with the january 6th select committee to the united states supreme court. he is ramping up his efforts to keep his white house records secret by asking the justices to step in. we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." let's get straight to the breaking news. the guilty verdicts in the trial of former police officer kim potter. we'll go to minneapolis tonight. potter has now been convicted on two counts of manslaughter in the shooting death of daunte wright. >> reporter: wolf, yes. when that guilty verdict was read, little emotion from the former bro

daunte was one of the kids. unfortunately, you know, this officer made a mistake that cost him his life. ultimately, the jury said, it's manslaughter. you know, as a mentor to these kids, this is -- on all angles, i think this will be an example for people to say, man, things could have been different on his reaction, her reaction. but ultimately, this is what happens in our society when these type of things happen. >> lastly, what do you want people to know about daunte? how do you want him to be remembered? >> well, you know, he was a father. right? he is a son. he was a part of our society. he had friends. he was a brother. so people to remember him as a human being. that we all have to guide and mentor and stand up for and ultimately we did this here. i'm just -- i hope everybody understands that his life mattered as well. >> jonathan masson, we are sorry for your loss. nice to speak to you tonight. thank you so much. >> thank you. >>> omar jimenez has been covering the trial. he joins us now from minneapoli

there he is with his then 2-year-old son, daunte wright jr. that day by then officer potter, and she has been found guilty on both counts. let me bring in our entire legal team here, who's been following this throughout, along with our correspondent, adrienne broaddus, and josh campbell. elliot williams, let me begin with you. you've got a 15-year maximum sentence for the first degree manslaughter count, 10 years for the second degree manslaughter count. and we just -- our viewers might not know what blakely factors are. those are aggregating factors. the prosecution here is going to push for a sentence longer than what we might normally see in a case like this because of aggregating factors, similar to what we saw in the derek chauvin trial. what is your take on the verdict? >> right, well, in light of the fact that the defendant didn't have a criminal history or, you know, it was an accidental shooting and so on, i think they're going to have a hard time getting aggravating factors in here. but they're there. one will certainly be that the i

>> daunte wright caused his own death, unfortunately.hose are the cold hard facts, the evidence. >> reporter: while prosecutors argued an unarmed wright posed no threat. >> i would have preferred had daunte wright followed the commands and not tried to flee, sure. does that absolve her from liability does that allow her to shoot him to death it does not. >> reporter: tonight potter denied bail and escorted out of court in handcuffs, facing up to 15 years in prison. >> we have a degree of accountability for daunte wright's death. accountability is not justice. justice would be restoring daunte wright to life and making the family whole again. but accountability is an important step, a critical necessary step on the road to justice for us all >> reporter: when potter was taken into custody, the judge made a point of saying that the former police officer should be treated the same as anyone else convicted of such a serious crime. sentencing is set for february 18th. prosecutors have said they will argue for the longest sentence possible les

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>> daunte wright caused his own death, unfortunately. but those are the cold hard facts, the evidence. >> reporter: while prosecutors argued an unarmed wright posed no threat. >> i would have preferred had daunte wright followed the commands and not tried to flee, sure. does that absolve her from liability? does that allow her to shoot him to death? it does not. >> reporter: tonight potter denied bail and escorted out of court in handcuffs, facing up to 15 years in prison. >> we have a degree of accountability for daunte wright's death. accountability is not justice. justice would be restoring daunte wright to life and making the family whole again. but accountability is an important step, a critical necessary step on the road to justice for us all. >> reporter: when potter was taken into custody, the judge made a point of saying that the former police officer should be treated the same as anyone else convicted of such a serious crime. sentencing is set for february 18th. prosecutors have said they will argue for the longest sentence pos

we love you, daunte!reporter: adrienne broaddus, cnn, minneapolis. >> joining me now from los angeles is cnn legal analyst areva martin, the author of "make it rain." are you surprised that a mostly white jury found a white female police officer guilty for this crime? >> well, i think if you look at historically how juries have treated cases like this where you have a white police officer on trial for the murder of an african american victim, yes, you'd have to say this is unusual. but if you look at the case that was put on by the prosecution, the strength of that case, it's not surprising to me, kim. i think the prosecution did an outstanding job, and kim potter taking the witness stand, i think, was probably the linchpin in the prosecution's case. the cross-examination of her by the prosecutors was grueling. she made several key admissions that were very helpful to the prosecution's case. so, you know, the historical context that this doesn't happen very often, but when you look at this case in a speci

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. >>> day two in the trial of a former minnesota police officer who fatally shot daunte wright during a traffic stop is expected to begin in the coming hours. emotions were running high as wright's mother was the first to testify on wednesday. cnn's josh campbell has more. >> reporter: this was a moment officer kim potter says she made a fatal mistake, which cost 20-year-old daunte wright his life. >> [ bleep ]. i just shot him.

as daunte wright tried to escape, the officer wearing the body camera, threatened to taser him., did she realise she'd mistaken her gun for a taser. kimberly potter was arrested three days after daunte wright died of a single gunshot wound to the chest. giving evidence in her own defence, kimberley potter told the court the killing of daunte wright was an innocent mistake. i remember yelling, "taser, taser, taser." and nothing happened. and then he told me i shot him. whilst neither side disputed she did not intend to kill daunte wright, the jury decided she acted recklessly on the day in question. we, the jury, on the charge of manslaughter in the first degree, while committing a misdemeanour on or about april 11 2021 in the state of minnesota find the defendant guilty. they found kimberley potter guilty of charges of manslaughter. cheering. to the delight of demonstrators outside the court, many of whom feel such verdicts also speak for the many others, african americans in particular, who have suffered racism and brutality at the hands of the police. i kind of let out a yelp

stopping short of the moment when daunte wright died.ting] the woman's voice can be heard shouting, "taser!" several times. she thought she was drawing her taser rather than her nine millimeters handgun, when she shot daunte wright in the chest. the incide occurred at a very sensitive time, not far from the court where the white police officer, derek chauvin, was standing trial for the murder of the black man, george floyd. here's some of kimberly potter's evidence in court. >> i remember yelling "taser, taser, taser!," and nothing happens, then he told me i shot him. >> here's more from washington. reporter: it took the jury, made up of six men and six women, over 27 hours to reach the verdict. they had asked questions to the judge durinthat time, showing they were engaged in this right from the beginning, returning thaterdict, she was facing two manslaughter charges for his death. as we heard, the defense said she was trying to tackle someone who was resisting arrest. and she had mistook her taser and her gun. the prosecution said this

here she is. >> we'll never have daunte back.ccountability is what we've been asking for since day one, so we're grateful as we were able to have accountability. but like everybody has been saying, you know, we still don't have daunte home. and this is just a step forward in the bigger issue with policing and hopefully there has to be no more daunte's, so many names we chant in our streets. >> one legal analyst believes this could be a game changer for future cases like this one. and she spoke with me earlier and explained why. here she is. >> historically we've not seen jurors being willing to convict police officers in cases like this. they've given police officers the benefit of the doubt. police officers have not historically been held accountable in cases like this. and so see non-white jurors in particular in the jurisdiction that this case happened in, in minnesota, hold kim potter accountable is significant. and i think is -- marks, perhaps, a new day in the way that police accountability will take place in this country.

there was no indication that officer potter intended to kill daunte wright.s a mistake that took a young man's life. and when you're talking about an officer who is on the force longer than mr. wright was alive, and then you look at her experience and her training, i do think this was a verdict that was commensurate with the facts. for the first degree charge, the jury needed to find that kim potter made a conscious or intentional act regarding the handling of her gun. and the prosecution put in a lot of evidence specifically through their experts that that conscious or intentional act was made. and i think what they did was, when they talked about when she put her hand on the weapon, which was on the opposite side, the taser is on one side, the gun is on the other, one has a snap, one doesn't, the gun is twice as heavy as a taser. when you go through those elements individually, and then all together, that is the intent that is necessary for this particular charge. >> and listen, they did ask, the jury did ask the judge to hold the gun, to hold the gun, they

the daunte wright legal team. the javier ambler legal team.ext up, we remember the trailblazing black feminist scholar and activist bell hooks who died this week at the age of 69. stay with us. ♪♪ [music break] amy: this is democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. the trailblazing black feminist scholar and activist bell hooks died wednesday at 69. she was a prolific author who wrote about how a person's race, gender, and social class are interconnected, and often referred to "the imperialist white supremacist capitalist patriarchy." born gloria jean watkins, bell hooks wrote more than 40 books, including the 1981 book "ain't i a woman? black women and feminism," which took its title from a speech by the abolitionist sojourner truth. bell hooks was a longtime educator and most recently a distinguished professor at berea college in her home state of kentucky, which created the bell hooks institute as a center for her writing and teaching. bell hooks died at her home in kentucky surrounded by her family and fr

during the trial, kim potter said she had mistaken her handgun for a taser when she killed daunte wright during a traffic stop in april. new research released by the british government suggests someone infected with the omicron rather than the delta variant is up to 70% less likely to need hospital treatment. the news comes even as countries across europe impose further restrictions, france and italy today both reporting record infections. as tensions rise in ukraine, president putin demands western countries make a promise not to extend their influence in russia's back yard. translation: you must give us guarantees. - you must do it immediately, now. hello, and wherever you're joining us, hello, and wherever you'rejoining us, in the uk or around the world, thank you forjoining us this hour. i'm shaun ley. a former police officer in minnesota has been found guilty of manslaughter, following the killing of a black motorist, daunte wright. kimberley potter says she mistook her handgun for a taser during a routine traffic stop. the prosecution argued she'd shown culpable negligence during t

what justice looks like is people like daunte wright would still be living today. he would not have been stopped and killed because he had an air freshener hanging above his window in his rearview window in his car. that is one of the things that justice looks like. justice looks like police will not get jittery when they stop a black person for basically anything and then end up killing them. justice will look like when police are basically treating black people the way they would treat a white individual because most of these cases where people end up dead, the greater proportion of numbers are lack people, so there is a long way we have to go before we have justice in this country. justice means what is fair and what is just, and that is not what is happening right now, but that has to happen systemically throughout police departments within this country, and through police reform. >> friday marks one month since south africa announced the first case of the coronavirus variant known as omicron, and scientists now are developing a clearer picture of those dangers

>> i would have preferred had daunte wright followed the commands and not tried to flee, sure. does that absolve her from liability does that allow her to shoot him to death it does not. >> reporter: the jury deciding the case has nine white men and women with two asian americans and one african-american woman. and they're sequestered as they try to reach a verdict. lester >> ron allen in minneapolis this evening, thank you. >>> in 60 seconds, the sex trafficking trial of ghislaine maxwell goes to the jury. >>> and with covid cases on the rise, what you need to know about getting tested on the ri what you need to know about getting tested. cleans our old free detergent. tide hygienic clean free. hypoallergenic and safe for sensitive skin. is now a good time for a flare-up? enough, crohn's! for adults with moderate to severe crohn's or ulcerative colitis, stelara® can provide relief, and is the first approved medication to reduce inflammation on and below the surface of the intestine in uc. you, getting on that flight? back off, uc! stelara® may increase your risk of infections,

the first prosecution witness, daunte wright's mother.ng. [crying] >> reporter: katy bryant shaken as she describes her final conversation with her son daunte wright. bryant was the first witness called in a manslaughter trial of former police officer kim potter. potter is accused of shooting and killing wright after she says she mistakenly pulled her gun instead of her taser. >> he called me to tell me he's been pulled over. he asked, you know, if he was in trouble and he just sounded really nervous. but i reassured him it would be okay. >> reporter: but what bryant heard next still haunts her. >> i could hear the phone being put down and i heard them say, somebody tell somebody to hang up the phone and then that's all i heard. >> reporter: on the stand, bryant revealing what she saw on facetime. >> she said that they shot him. [crying] and she faced the phone towards the driver's seat and my son was laying there. he was unresponsive and he looked dead. >> reporter: bryant testified a neighbor then drove her to the scene about ten miles

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but, of course, tears have been shed for their son, daunte wright.at was that like for them, if you know, to watch that moment? >> i don't think any family member left that room feeling like those tears were genuine and for the loss of daunte wright. more so than they were a reaction and tears or, you know, supposed tears really stemming more from, you know, kim potter's fear that she is going to be held accountable for her unlawful actions. >> so on that note of accountability, i mean, were you worried by the jury's question what happens if they cannot reach a consensus? what do you think is behind the potential split perhaps between these jurors? >> you know, i think, as you know, laura, that's not an unusual question early on in deliberations, which was that was. when you start to get really nervous as a lawyer is when you start getting notes from the jury that lead you to believe there is just no chance that this jury is going to be able to reach a resolution. so given the stage that that came, you know, i think that, you know, my advice is alway

she admitted that they racially profiled daunte wright.e didn't use those words, but she came as close to saying that as she's ever going to come. she admitted that she had the ability to put a stop to what was happening and she didn't. she admitted that she wrongfully killed him, and after she shot him, she collapsed to the ground crying over what the consequences might be for her. and she monopolized all the first responders standing nearby her, who could have tried to render aid, because as far as she knew, he needed help and so did his passenger, and he could have been saved. despite all of that, my mind steps back in and reminds me that the law was engineered to protect her under a circumstance like this and based on what we've heard up to this point, if the jury critically reads the law and follows it, she's likel. >> thanks to both of you. we'll keep you updated throughout the day on this. >>> but still ahead, what's next for the white house and senator joe manchin, after she dashes the hopes for a build back better plan. you're wat

we did just get a statement from the legal team for daunte wright's family.ustice system has provided accountability, but they write, "from unnecessary and overreaching tragic traffic stops, to the shooting that took his life, the daily made a dramatic one for his family and yet another example for america of why we desperately need change in policing, training, and protocol if we're ever going to restore the confidence of black and marginalized in law enforcement. we need to create meaningful change." what do you make of that statement and what happened next? >> they have to be some efforts on the part of police across the nation to try and come back and get the trust of the community at large. i think that goes back to training. but i don't think that any amount of training could have helped officer potter at that time. remember, she testified that she had 1700 hours of training on the use of the taser. and obviously the difference between the taser and the glock she had. i'm not sure any amount of training could have stopped this particular circumstance, w

justice is beyond the reach that we have in this life for daunte. but accountability is an important step. >> the judge revoked bail ordering her held until sentencing set for mid february. >>> coming up on kpix5 and streaming on cbsn bay area, the mayor addresses san jose for his annual state of the city. what he is calling the city's biggest failure. >>> storm watch coverage continues including a look at where residents were ordered to evacuate last night because >>> a live look at san jose, the san jose mayor pointed to vta shooting tragedy and pandemic progress in his virtual state of the city address last night. >> our community has responded with collective resilience and with faith. san jose residents protected themselves and each other by becoming vaccinated at the highest rate of any major u.s. city. >> as for the city's biggest failure, the mayor says it's the ongoing homeless crisis. >>> it is time for the money watch report. demand for oil returned this year and the travel industry is booming. bradley blackburn reports from the cbs broad

the defense attorney said that daunte wright caused his own death. how shocking is that?ing. look, it's a common refrain by defense attorneys to say that the victim actually was complicit in his or her own death. the prosecution still has a very compelling point here is that the words she uses at the scene where she says, number one, she shouts "taser" and then number two, she says, i intended to tase him, that's negligence right there and adds -- the way negligence works is you're accepting this person's conduct based on how a reasonable person would have acted, a reasonable officer. and any officer should have -- oh, my goodness, i'm ringing, sorry, guys. any officer would have known based on their training and experience whether it was a gun or not. so it's not uncommon for defense attorneys to go where they did here, but i think the prosecution has a compelling point. >> the prosecutor, dave, argue that accidents can still be crimes as a result of recklessness or negligence. is that the key issue that is another stake right now? >> it is, wolf. i think the prosecution

they let go of daunte wright and stepped back? >> cork to the video.ng to the video. >> and after you shot daunte wright, you said, "shit, i just shot him, i grabbed the wrong fucking gun and i shot him, i'm going to go to prison and i killed a boy." you said all those things, right? >> i don't remember. >> that's what's on the video, that's what you said, right? >> yes. >> and you said that there are a lot of things you don't remember, on direct you testified that your memory came back when you saw your husband that day. didn't you tell dr. miller that you remember seeing the gun in your right hand? you said that, right? >> i don't remember. my interview with him, i was distraught. i wasn't in a good place. >> after you shot daunte wright, you didn't behave like someone who had just saved johnson's life, did you? >> i was very distraught, i had just shot somebody. i had never done that. >> you never asked sergeant johnson if he was okay, right? >> i don't remember the conversations. >> you didn't check in on him at all, right? >> i don't know. >> you

his body-camera footage where you see that moment daunte wright is shot. afterwards, kim potter. to prison. of course, that decision, wolf, will be left up to the jury. finally, this just in, wolf, we are learning from tonight the office of the minnesota governor that he is preparing the state's national guard to potentially assist local law enforcement as this trial continues. in his words, to allow for peaceful demonstrations. keeping the peace and ensuring public safety. wolf. >> all right. josh, thanks very much. josh campbell reporting for us. so let's discuss this case with the criminal defense attorney sara azari. sara, thanks for joining us. so what did you make of the opening arguments from both the defense and the prosecution? did one side seem to make their case better than the other? >> yeah, wolf. look, i am a criminal defense attorney but i -- but i side with the prosecution in this case, at least so far. i think they came out far stronger in opening. you know, they said look she is a police officer. she should know better. she's been an officer for 26 years. she fa

and i was just trying to have him talk to me and just kept saying daunte, like, daunte, just say something but he just couldn't. i know he tried. i know he wanted to. i replay that image in my head daily. >> potter has pleaded national guard. not guilty. she claims she reached for her taser and grabbed her gun instead. shaq, this is now day two. yesterday we heard from daunte wright's mother in also emotional testimony. today you could hear her, alaina, barely able to get through what she had to say without having to cry. how is this being received inside the courtroom by the jury, shaq? is there anything you can tell us about that? >> reporter: yeah, and you know, there was actually one interesting moment where you heard alaina apologize to katie almost in a whisper, katie being daunte wright's mother, saying, i'm sorry i showed you daunte's condition in that video. the jurors have been paying very close attention. they've been leaning in to the testimony, especially when it got extremely emotional during that section right there. as alaina was testifying, katie was inside that courtroom,

we love you, daunte!nd when the verdict was read on thursday, we learned members of the jury found potter guilty on that second degree manslaughter charge tuesday morning. that was the same day members of the jury asked the court what steps they should take if they were unable to reach a consensus. so it appears they were hung up on that first degree manslaughter charge. and now we know the outcome. potter found guilty on both counts of manslaughter. christine and paula? >>> the texas border paroles and pardons has spared governor greg abbott some potential political trouble by withdrawing a clemency recommendation for the late george floyd. floyd was killed by a minneapolis officer's knee on his neck and floyd and two other names were scrubbed from the clemency list over what it called procedural errors. at first the board recommended a full posthumous recommendation. they will review the procedures. >>> in los angeles a 14-year-old girl was shot and killed in a department store dressing room when a poli

of kim potter, the former officer who says she mistook her gun for her taser when she fatally shot daunte wright. what both sides said in closing arguments >>> the fate of jeffrey epstein confidant ghislaine maxwell also now in the hands of a jury. prosecutors calling her a sophisticated predator the defense saying she's on trial for epstein's crimes. >>> and the christmas classic brought to life in a whole new way by young performers inspiring america. >>> this is nbc "nightly news" with lester holt. >> good evening. as we come on the air, late word from the cdc that omicron has become the most common coronavirus variant in the u.s. with cases doubling every two to three days, the highly contagious variant has overtaken the delta variant with breathtaking speed many americans approaching the christmas holiday with a sense of dread as the heavily mutated virus rapidly infects the unvaccinated and vaccinated alike though, as we'll show you, often with sharply different outcomes officials stress symptoms among the vaccinated and boosted trend toward the mild side still hospitalizations are

_ agreed that she did not mean to kill daunte wright, that she mistakenly drew her— daunte wright, that her own weapon, the wrong weapon — drew her own weapon, the wrong weapon. what were the arguments the 'ury weapon. what were the arguments the jury was_ weapon. what were the arguments the jury was weighing? for the prosecutors this was a case of a preventable death. they argued that this was— preventable death. they argued that this was a _ preventable death. they argued that this was a police officer of more than _ this was a police officer of more than 20 — this was a police officer of more than 20 years and she had of the difference — than 20 years and she had of the difference between a taser and her handgun _ difference between a taser and her handgun. forthe difference between a taser and her handgun. for the defence, they said that this _ handgun. for the defence, they said that this was an honest mistake and that this was an honest mistake and that this came during an arrest. w0rth— that this came during an arrest. worth mentioning that intent was not part of— worth mentionin