kim potter is in charge. don't use a human being whose life is gone now to train officers on the job. should have been handled better and has to be consequences. one quick point on jonathan turley's point. i love him to death but i disagree on the criminal versus civil. when you see police officers in civil court, they're guaranteed qualified immunity. in this civil case against kim potter, she might get off on qualified immunity. so if you want to change the criminal laws to civil, you better start changing and removing the qualify immunity civil protections as well. police officers are not usually held accountable in civil court. >> gillian: we have to leave it there. thanks for taking time this afternoon. we appreciate it. >> you bet. thanks. >> gillian: we're going to continue monitoring this breaking situation out of minnesota. the white house is going to speak. the president will speak soon. we're anticipating perhaps a reaction to the jury's decision. the president is going to weigh-in after being pres

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now kim potter goes into custody.the defense made the argut that she's never been in trouble before, and she has been sentenced yet, and the judge said she cannot treat this case differently than any other, and it is standard practice to send someone into custody. >> mike: jacqui, we saw protesters gathered outside the courthouse seeming to celebrate the conviction of this police officer. let's check back in with garrett denny what is the scene they are? >> you can hear behind us here in the back of the courthouse this crowd chanting "daunte wright." when that verdict was read in court and the crowd got word of it, it erupted into cheers, similar to what we saw when the verdict was announced in the trial of derek chauvin. a lot of happy folks here today, because the justice they say they have been calling for -- what was interesting, kim potter, is that verdict was read in court, very stoic, very little emotion. a stark contrast to her testimony last week when she was on the stand and broke down repeatedly during her

kim potter is facing up to 15 years in prison. prosecutors have said that they're pushing for a sentence close to that 15-year maximum. neil? >> neil: garrett tenney, thanks very much. so what are we looking at with that sentencing? it could be right now up to 15 years. let's go to the former fell prosecutor, tom dupree, the former deputy assistant general. tom, let's begin with you on what you think an appropriate sentence or one ultimately that will be handed down here. >> neil, i'd be surprised if the judge went up to 15 years. i know they're going to puch for sentence enhancements. when you look at the totality of the facts here, the nature of the trial, the nature of the charges, i'd be very surprised if the judge went all out and imposed anything close to the maximum. i think it will be less. >> neil: katie, how do you think the defense handled this case? >> well, the defense handled the case with the facts that they had. as we know, in criminal law as a defendant, anything you say can and will be used against you. in this c

minnesota this afternoon where a verdict has been reached in the trial of former police officer kim potter we think it's a verdict. we expect that verdict, if it is a verdict, to be read in court at any moment. potter faces manslaughter charges in the fatal shooting of 20-year-old daunte wright during a traffic stop in brooklyn center in april. she testified that she meant to pull her taser but accidentally grabbed her gun instead. the jury has been sequestered during deliberations so all eyes were on that court for some sort of outcome ahead of the christmas holiday. joining me now is nbc news correspondent shaquille brewster, katie phang joins us as well as. shaq, can we take "outcome" to mean verdict? >> we believe it will be a verdict but the court is saying it is an outcome. and this outcome has come as a result of 27 1/2 hours that the jury has been away deliberating since they first received the case on monday. remember, this has been, at least in the past day and a half, a pretty quiet jury. they have not released any questions yesterday. we do know that they were deliberating for

and kim potter, there doesn't seem to be any dispute. kim potter didn't intend to pull her firearm. that's why david is right in that the prosecution has a real challenge here. this is a case that they've taken all the way to trial. and the prosecution really doesn't have an argument now in closing to be able to tell the jury that when you see that word consciously in both jury instructions for manslaughter, and she has to consciously create this risk, jury, we're asking you to believe that she consciously created the risk when she consciously pulled her firearm instead of her taser. that doesn't make sense. and so the defense is going to seize upon that. they have the law on their side. you can say that what kim potter did was glaktically stupid. you can say that it was morally culpable, and there is a dialogue to be had about that. but when it comes to the law as it exists in minnesota, this defendant needed consciously create that risk, and i'm sorry i've said conscious for about the 11th time, but it's the only thing this trial is about. all the facts are not in dispute. >> that

because of kim potter, others will serve time in prison. this has been an emotional time for the community here in minneapolis. soon after the verdict was read, we heard loud cheers. there is a group of demonstrators, and some of them are from minnesota, others from outside of the state, but they applauded. you could hear them applauding. i traded a few texts just moments ago with dante's older brother, and i asked him his thoughts about the verdict. he responded with one word. he said, good. prior to the start of this trial, i spoke with him in kenosha. he was there supporting other victims, and he told me, adrian, i'm nervous. i don't know what's going to happen. i am nervous. this has been really hard on my family. and this week, tomorrow is christmas eve. the family is preparing to spend their first christmas together without dante, and that's something erin aldrich reminded the jury during her closing arguments. she told members of the jury that the defendant, kimberly potter, testified her sons would be home for christmas but there wo

nobody was arguing that kim potter intentionally did this act. and so i think that there is a real difference here between as you were just noting say the derek chauvin trial. kimberly potter's case was much different. i think that it is true that the bigger picture here shows that jurors are willing to hold police officers accountable even in the context where it was a mistake. >> yes, notable. sergeant dorsey, i wonder, in your experience are police departments or police commanders around the country looking at the results not just of this case but the derek chauvin case, again, very different circumstances but two cases where juries held police officers criminally responsible, in ways that juries always, haven't always have. do you see police departments looking at this watching and listening? >> this should certainly give them pause. but whenever there is an incident, you know, police departments typically -- i mean what we do is debrief. this trial is no different. you want to look at what the officers could do differently going forward. what

so the idea of focusing on kim potter is one thing.and have talked about this but also the idea of the impact of the loss because of it. joey jackson, thank you for coming back to the show. i appreciate you. >> thank you, laura. i appreciate you more. >> happy holidays. >> thank you. happy holidays. now, he was meant to restore justice to the doj, but, look, the clock is ticking for attorney general merrick garland to prove that no one is above the law. i'll make my case next. and i just didn't feel well. but then i found clearchoice. [ forde ] replacing marcia's teeth with dental implants at clearchoice was going to afford her that permanent solution. [ marcia ] clearchoice dental implants gave me the ability to take on the world. i feel so much better, and i think that that is the key. to see my ancestors' photos was just breathtaking. wow, look at all those! what'd you find? lorraine banks, look, county of macomb, michigan? oh my goodness... this whole journey has been such a huge gift for our family. [upbeat acoustic music througho

kim potter when — and he told me i shot him. kim potter when she _ and he told me i shot him.g that verdict and she was facing two manslaughter charges for his death and as he heard the defence had said she had she was trying to tackle someone who is resisting arrest and she had mistook her taser and her gun there at the prosecution said this is something that was just beyond an honest mistake and this was something much more serious than that and theyjerry and the case against her and finding guilty of both charges and just on the sentencing which as you mentioned we should be getting in the next three weeks and in terms of the guidelines that the state gives on that is just over seven years in prison if you're convicted of first—degree manslaughter which he has been in for years for second degree and the prosecutors have said they plan to push for a much longer sentence. thank you for being here with us as the breaking years was taking place. kim potter has been found guilty on both of those kinds of manslaughter. he will continue to monitor this story and our website as wel

it seems concerning to me that they did not accept kim potter's own words.ch admitted her conduct was unreasonable. we saw that she failed to render aid to him, that she failed to contact the other police officers, call 911, do those things that an officer, particularly one with 26 years of experience would be expected to do. i thought the prosecution had laid out a pretty effective case, at least for the second degree manslaughter, if not for the first degree, which is, you know, you talked about recklessness. but based on what we're hearing, these jurors don't see it, at least some of them perhaps don't see it the way the prosecution thought they would. >> and of course we know that this is not a case where the prosecution is even having to prove intent, right? they can have the sympathy towards somebody for purportedly make a mistake and still meet the evidentiary burden of each element. and you mentioned second degree manslaughter, the idea of creating unreasonable risk and then acting in a way that does not essentially undermine it. you've been critical

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the other one they plan to call today, kim potter.ld happen at any moment now. shaquille brewster is following that trial from outside the courthouse. i want to bring in a legal analyst and civil rights attorney and former prosecutor. shaq, let me start with you. again, court right now in recess. how soon could we expect to see potter on the stand? and what have we heard from the defense so far this morning? >> reporter: well, it's possible, craig, possible that potter will be on the stand in about 20 minutes when court resumes. we know the defense said that plan to call two witnesses today and they processed through the first witness. we'll keep an eye on whether potter is the first witness to be called. the first witness was a psychologist who the defense brought up to help explain what they say happened when potter yelled taser, taser, taser and fired a gunshot into the heart of donte wright. he's explaining essentially it being tunnel vision. using terms like action error and slip and capture and teaching the jury about those term

and stephanie, kim potter asked to be out on bail until she's sentenced. tell us how the judge responded to that. >> reporter: linsey, the judge denied that request from the defense to release potter for christmas. tonight, potter is behind bars and we've just received her new mug shot. here it is, where she's seen smiling broadly. potter will be sentenced february 18th. she could serve up to 15 years in prison. linsey? >> stephanie, thank you. >>> now, to our other major story tonight. millions of americans hitting the road and the skies on what's expected to be the busiest travel day of the year and it did not get off to a good start. this is the moment a tractor trailer crashed into multiple vehicles in wisconsin, shutting down interstate 94 for miles. remarkably, there were only minor injuries. at least 40 vehicles were involved. many of them big rigs. despite the omicron surge, airports across the country are packed. wednesday, the tsa screened more than 2 million passengers. that's more people than on the same day in 2019, before the pandemic. the wea

kim potter herself took the stand.he killing of 20-year-old daunte wright, a father of a 2-year-old who was killed in april. there we have the judge who is about to gavel in. i think, as we wait for this, that's judge regina chu. let's go and monitor this and bring in my colleague, adrienne broaddus, who's been covering this case and this trial from the beginning. forgive me if i have to interrupt you. we want to bring this all to the viewer live, but remind our viewers what we're waiting for here. >> reporter: we are waiting to find out the future of the former brooklyn center police officer, kimberly potter. just moments ago, as you saw here on live tv, judge chu asked for the jury to be brought in. right now, defense attorney earl gray just put his arm around the back of kimberly potter. she's waiting. she's wearing a cardigan. she appears to be breathing heavily as she waits to hear what this jury has decided. >> let's listen in. >> will the deputy please retrieve the verdict forms and provide it to me for review.

this was not easy for kim potter. she became overcome with emotion repeatedly throughout the day. any time that she was forced to relive this tragedy, starting with this morning when potter was the that the encounter with duante wright turned chaotic and they tried to take him in to custody and he broke free. he got back in the car and tried to get away when one of the officers was leaning in to the vehicle. >> they're still struggling. i can see sergeant johnson and the driver struggling over the gear shift. i can see johnson's hand. i can see his face. he had a look of fear in his face. it's something that i had seen before. we were struggling. we were trying to keep him from driving away. it went chaotic. and then i remember yelling, "taser, taser, taser." and nothing happened. and then he told me i shot him. >> on cross examination, prosecutors laid out much of the training potter received during her 26 years as an officer including on the use of force and when it's appropriate to use force and suggesting someone with her experience should have handled the situation better. >>

guilty on first degree manslaughter, we saw kim potter escorted from the courtroom in handcuffs. for the people outside, some people outside of the courtroom each and every day of this trial, they say that this came as a surprise to them. this is a jury that spent more than 27 hours duplicate behind closed doors for more than four days submitting three different questions to the judge one of them signaling that they were struggling to reach a consensus, but in the ends, they found kim potter guilty for the death of 20-year-old daunte wright and outside of the courtroom, we heard from katie bryant, the mother of daunte wright who thanked the demonstrators outside for their support here in minneapolis. >>> definitely, tensions are eased after the conviction of kim potter >>> holiday shoppers shot by gunfire in an illinois mall. two people who knew each other began shooting inside a mall one was taken into custody, the other to hospital. >>> meanwhile, another chaotic scene in a crowded store, police officers fatally shot a suspect. the witnesses said had been fleeing some kind of a

the defense rested in the trial of former police officer kim potter.you. >> thank you. >>> top of the hour here in the cnn newsroom, i'm eshrica hill. today a top health expert is warning the united states is about to face a, quote, viral blizzard. that warning comes as the omicron variant is spreading rapidly across the country. ow

we are told an outcome in the trial of former officer kim potter has been reached.es and they make this announcement, we will bring that to you live. meantime, she says she's scared to show her face, worried she will be arrested simply for doing her job. that job, being a school librarian in the state of texas. ch here's that dystopian tale. >> reporter: this is a school librarian in texas. >> why are you afraid to show your face? >> because there is a day not too long ago when i had to stop and think when they come in with handcuffs and they come in with a warren for my arrest for pledging that i provided obscene materials. who am i going to call first? >> across texas protesters are accusing educators of forcing pornography or obscene content on children. >> this is not a political movie. this is not a witch hunt. these are genuine concerns for children. it is abuse. it's grooming behavior and it it's predatory. >> the anger is largely aimed at school libraries and many texas politicians are on board n.october republican state legislator matt kraus requested every

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here in the us, a jury has found former police officer kim potter guilty of manslaughter over the shooting of daunte wright. in hong kong, a statue commemorating the deaths of protesters in beijing's tiananmen square has been removed from a university campus. it was one of the few remaining memorials in the city. health officials are encouraging people to get booster shots in the face of omicron. but in many countries, people are still struggling to get an initial vaccine. we have a special report. and during the pandemic, many people relocated to be closer to their families. but for many in europe, that meant moving to a whole other country. we report from poland. welcome to world news america on pbs, in the uk and around the globe. we start tonight in russia, where president vladimir putin has insisted that the west must give moscow guarantees that nato will not expand its alliance eastwards and admit ukraine as a member. the remarks came during a four—hour—long press conference in which mr putin stressed that russia does not want conflict over ukraine and rejected accusations that he wa

kim potter even had to avert her eyes at moments when body camera footage was played from that day. is back to work after offering a question earlier. they have been at it close to four hours and the judge is expected to let them continue for about another hour and a half or so from today until they would be asked to come back tomorrow but for now, wolf, we wait. >> all right. we'll see what happens. omar, thank you very much. omar jimenez covering this trial for us. >>> other legal news we're following here. former president trump is now suing new york state attorney general lateshia james asking a federal court to stop her investigation into the trump organization. cnn's senior justice correspondent evan perez is working this story for us. so evan, what is this lawsuit allege? >> this is -- what the former president and his company, trump organization, are trying to do is they are trying to preempt leticia james' investigation into the company and what he is saying is, and what the company is saying, is that she committed misconduct. that she has prejudice against the former presi

kim potter said she did.brewster. and paul henderson, is that the right move? what a good defense lawyer would do? police officers generally are very credible to juries. >> they are credible to juries, and there is really no choice in a case like this. they have got sell this story and make their narrative for the defense, which is essentially arguing that this was either a reasonable mistake or that the use of force, lethal force, was jufrd. and what prosecution will be arguing counter is even if there is a mistake it was reckless or negligent which would lead to criminal culpability. and you will hear about the use of lethal force. the issue from prosecution is to point out and unpack to the jury how this defendant's actions escalated the encounter. and if she created the risk, she's not allowed to use lethal force. and now, as she has about to get on the stand, and she must get on the stand, she's going to have to try and sell an emotional plea i believe in response to prosecution's emotion. and this is so

i've got no love from kim potter and what she did here.at was especially true after her testimony. but from the beginning, reviewing this evidence, i don't see anything they can rely on to prove that she behaved consciously, because they have acknowledged that she made a mistake in wrongfully drawing her taser instead of her gun. >> so, shaq, let me -- i know that you obviously have been covering this throughout, you've been in touch with lawyers. what should we expect to hear today? and on both sides, what do we see as the heart of their case. >> i think you're hearing that from the prosecution right now, as they try to lay it out in saying that this is a 26-year veteran of the police force. she should have known the fundamental difference, they say, between a gun and a taser. you heard the judge, right before these closing arguments begin, she went through those jury instructions. nearly a dozen pages, instructing the jurors on what the law is and how to apply the law in this case. and one point that you can bet the prosecution will hit

kim potter gets emotional. we saw that again today when the defense and the prosecution was going through those events and showing the video. she mentioned she's been going through therapy since that shooting in april. one thing that is important from the prosecution's cross-examination, is they are trying to lay the foundation for this idea of her being culpably negligent. laying out the thousands of hours in training over 26 years pointing out the specific training in the manual regarding a firearm versus a taser. pointing out the brooklyn center police department their policy is officers need to practice taser draws to avoid what happened back in april. potter said that may be the policy, but in practice that doesn't always happen. the prosecution laying the ground work for the argument that she had the experience. she should have had the training. she should have known better. the policies were in place to prevent this but she did not follow-through on doing that. she is clearly very emotional going through

the defensive's strategy for exonerating the former police officer, kim potter. >> good to have you with us. more fears of an omicron takeover are becoming a reality in the united states. on monday, the cdc announced the highly contagious variant now accounts for more than 73% of new cases. omicron has been detected in all but two u.s. states. and it is even more prevalent in parts of the southeast and northwest. the variant's rapid spread comes during the busy holiday season, straining the country's testing capacity. some states are now deploying the national guard to assist and military teams are being sent to support overwhelmed hospitals in hard hit areas. meanwhile, the u.s. president joe biden will deliver remarks on the omicron variant in the coming hours. the variant is also leading to a wave of new restrictions across europe. on monday, london became the latest city to cancel its new years eve celebrations. experts say vaccinations and boosters are the best way to stay protected. yet millions of americans are still refusing to get the shot. here's dr. fauci fauci's message for t

the meantime, jury deliberations have just begun in the trial of former minnesota police officer kim potterghter in the killing of 20-year-old daunte wright during a traffic stop earlier this year. potter has insisted she meant to draw her taser and not her gun on the day she shot wright. in today's closing arguments, the prosecution tried to convince jurors her mistake, though, was criminal. >> it's not just a tragedy. it's manslaughter. that she was an officer does not make it okay. that she was on duty does not make it okay. that she shot him with her service pistol does not make it okay. her actions were rash and reckless and what she did was wrong. >> while potter's defense argued if not for the actions of daunte wright, kim potter would have never reached for any weapon. >> that's what caused this whole incident. if he would have gone with the officers, been handcuffed, go to the squad car, go take a ride downtown, and it's over. everything after that, the officers did, they did to try and restrain him, try and stop him from leaving. >> joining me now is nbc news correspondent shaquil

however, we know that kim potter is here.to tell her story, and meanwhile the family of daunte wright will have an empty chair at their dinner table during the christmas holiday. and so that's where the empathy really belongs, with the victim in the case, not kim potter. even if she feels remorse for what she did, she still needs to be held accountable under the law. given the fact she was a 26-year police officer, a field training officer, and she should have known the difference between a gun and a taser on that fateful day. >> in terms of her use of force and whether it was justified or not, one of the things that i've been thinking a lot about is what she said there, and it's come up before, which is we didn't want him to drive away. so what? so he drives away. don't they have his driver's license, address, information? isn't is just an air freshener in the window? in terms of details like that how were aspects of this case presented using that as an champ by the defense and the prosecution? >> well, i think the defense h

a jury in minnesota found kim potter guilty in the death of daunte wright, who was shot last spring. john yang has the details. >> yang: judy, the jury convicted potter on two counts of manslaughter, after 27 hours of deliberations. potter shot wright, who was 20 years old, after reaching for her taser, but drawing her gun. the incident began as a traffic stop in brooklyn center, minnesota. there was a struggle, as officers tried to arrest wright on an outstanding weapons warrant. and then potter shot him as he tried to flee in his car. prosecutors said she was reckless and negligent. after the verdict, the judge revoked her bail, and potter was taken into custody. she could face at least 11 years in prison, a prosecutors have said they will ask for more when she's sentenced in february. wright's mother described her emotions. >> the moment that we heard guilty on manslaughter one? emotions. every single emotion that you could imagine, just running through your body. i let out a yelp, because it was built-up in the anticipation of what was to come, while we were waiting in the last fe

jurors in the trial of former police officer kim potter prepare for the third day of deliberations. after suggesting they may be struggling to reach a verdict. >> announcer: live from london, this is "cnn newsroom" with isa soares. >>> welcome to the show, everyone. it is wednesday, december 22nd. we begin with new evidence of just how devastating the covid-19 pandemic has been. now, the cdc says life expectancy in the u.s. fell by almost two years in 2020. mostly due to the pandemic. last year americans lived to an average age of 77, down from 78.8. that is the biggest single-year drop in more than 75 years. and covid was the third leading cause of death behind heart disease and cancer. the news comes as the pandemic is still raging right across the country, fueled by omicron. the variant has now been detected in all but one state, and that is south dakota. the country is currently averaging 150,000 new covid cases a day. while numbers, new case numbers declined last week, data from the w.h.o. shows the u.s. still has more new infections than any other country, despite all that, mi

griff: a minneapolis jury hands-down a verdict for ex-cop kim potter on two charges for the death oforney and former prosecutor, merry christmas to you, thank you for taking time to join us early as we get ready for the holidays, very difficult trial watching all of that yesterday. what is your reaction to the verdict? >> my first reaction is this was a deliberation. there was a long deliberation. legal experts like myself were questioning whether or not we were going to get a verdict. went on for four days. 27 hours of deliberation on two counts and it wasn't an entirely complex case. it was a split-second decision by kim potter and the jury took its time, it was a deliberate deliberation and certainly it is tough to look back and criticize it. they were the ones in the court room, the give the evidence and came out with a tough decision, they were unanimous as they did it. griff: carrying up to 15 years, we will find out what the sentence is. let me ask if you were representing potter would you put her on the stand, what were your thoughts on whether it helped or hurt her? >> hinds

. >> love you. >> reporter: while potter's husband could be heard yelling, i love you, kimter her bail was revoked as she was escorted from the court in handcuffs. potter said she intended to deploy her taser during a traffic stop in april but fired her gun instead, killing 20-year-old daunte wright almost instantly. >> i shot him! oh, my god! >> 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 shows -- it shows the whole world that those of you who enforce the law are also willing to live by it. >> reporter: the jury took nearly 27 hours to deliberate whether potter's actions were criminal. >> i grabbed 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 office

kim potter now faces up to 15 years in prison.he judge ordered her held in custody, without bail, until sensitively, in mid february. henderson, -- and he joins me, now. david, i think a lot of people were somewhat surprised by this outcome. not necessarily -- and the facts, as stated, and the leniency, or charitable interpretation, that juries tend to give police officers. what's your read on the outcome? >> chris, i think calling the surprising is an understatement. you have to remember, this is the same city that refused to convict a police officer who wrongfully killed philando castillo. when you put it in that context, in my lifetime, this goes all the way to the rodney king case. the police resolve ways take in the case of, it's a dirty job, if we make mistakes, we're just going to have to look the other way. for the most part, that has succeeded. this verdict says, this is not the case any longer. not only are we going to hold you accountable if you do something wrong on the job, but also if you make a mistake, though it is

the jury in the kim potter trial heard closing arguments this morning in minneapolis. after she shot and killed daunte wright, a 20-year-old black man, at a traffic stop last april. the jury will have to consider if she was responsible for wright's death and if she acted recklessly with her firearm when she drew her gun instead of her taser. the paul henderson is the executive director of san francisco's department of police accountability. also joining us with nbc correspondent shaquille brewster. shaq, how did both sides sum up their arguments in the trial? >> you heard two different depictions, which was not unexpected. this was a 27-year veteran of the police force. the prosecution said she was acting with negligence when she pulled her firearm instead of her taser. meanwhile the defense said this was about daunte wright and his actions. had he not attempted to flee, he would still be alive and he created the situation of chaos that led to a mistake occurring. one key part that you heard, one key distinction from the prosecution was this idea of consciousness, wheth

kim potter will be sentenced in february. whether they concurrent the sentencing rather than consecutive. the judge may stick to the sentencing guidelines. if so, she's looking at a number of years in jail. for a crime like this, you may see, if the sentences are run concurrently, somewhere on the order of 5, 10, 15 years. >> prosecutors have said they would like to see a sentence that goes above the guideline range there in minnesota. what room does the judge have to do that in a case like this? >> in minnesota, as in many other jurisdictions, there are aggravating circumstances, such as the crime is committed in front of a child, different thing to aggravate and boost a sentence. the prosecution is going for gold, trying to get the biggest sentence they can, which is understandable. that's what prosecutors do. so, as long as they can prove those elements in minnesota, to boost the sentence, they can ask the judge for an increased sentence. >> you've been watching these cases against police officers happen quite a bit lately

jurors are deliberating the fate of kim potter, the ex-minnesota cop charged with shooting and killingnte wright. jurors also have the case in ghislaine maxwell's trial. we'll have the latest coming up. >>> we start with the latest on the omicron variant overtaking delta as the dominant variant in this country now. monica alva is at the white house. ellison barber is at atlanta international airport as millions of americans are set to travel for the holidays. also with me is dr. celine gounder, an epidemiologist. she the host of the american diagnosis and epidemic podcast. what can we expect to hear from president biden this afternoon? >> reporter: there's going to be an overarching message from the president and a stark warning to the unvaccinated. he's going to predict one of the darkest winters ever for the unvaccinated population. i'm told he's not really going to mince words when it comes to that. some of the sharpest language we've heard from him so far. then he's going to unveil new measures, things like ramping up and expanding the more than 20,000 federal testing sites that al

lickable tvs >>> live from cnbc, the facts, the truth, "the news with shepard smith. >>> good evening kim potter, the ex-cop who shot and killed daunte write found guilty of first and second degree manslaughter. >> we, the jury, on the charge of manslaughter in the first degree find the defendant guilty potter remained composed but visibly disappointed as the judge read the jury's verdict. >> love you, kim. >> love you. >> potter's defense lawyers comforting her before she was led out of the courtroom potter testified that she pulled her gun out instead of her taser by mistake and did not mean to shoot wright as he struggled with officers but the prosecution argued successfully that potter was reckless during the deadly traffic stop. outside the courthouse demonstrators cheered and celebrated chanting dawn tai wright's name. she described how she felt when she heard the guilty verdict. >> emotions. every single emotion that you could imagine just running through your body at that moment i kind of let out a yelp because it was built up in the anticipation of what was to come while we were waiting

a jury found kim potter guilty of first and second degree manslaughter. aid she intended to tase him but ended up pulling her gun. she's the third minnesota police officer to be held accountable in recent years after derek chauvin, who was convicted of killing george floyd in 2020, and mohammed noor, convicted of shooting an unarmed woman in 2015. nbc correspondent shaquille brewster is in minneapolis. harry litman is a legal affairs columnist for "the los angeles times." shaq, it's been roughly 24 hours since the jury announced its verdict. how are people there feeling about the results? >> joe, there's still a lot of surprise, people digesting those results. initially there were fears that if the verdict went the other way, then we would be talking about protests and the reaction to that. but that is not what happened. you heard celebrations instead in front of the courthouse, celebrations and, again, a lot of surprise, especially because of how long this jury took to deliver their verdict. 27 hours where they were tucked away, sequestered for their deli

kim potter's life is now ruined.itigating the case and talking about it, the system has spoken, she has the right to appeal. i would rather focus on the message to criminals and would-be criminals and americans writ large. when you don't comply with the police, take your cell down a path where you end up in this type of situation, daunte wright was certainly not innocent, i am not saying he deserved to die. it was a tragic mistake by the police officer. but had he not gone down that path where he was facing prison with felony charges, he's not a sinner that should be turned into a saint. the lesson here is for us to examine the situation and take it forward and say how do we keep children, young people away from this type of situation. there will be fewer daunte wrights and fury kim potters. benjamin: vice president kamala harris, will be better if she was a white man. i want to review this in the new york times. miss harris told her allies, 48 predecessors who were white and male. with the intractable issues on her

a remorseful kim potter.aw when it comes to first and second degree maugt manslaughter, the charges she is facing here? >> it looks at the conduct and the reasonableness or unreasonableness of the conduct. the first-degree manslaughter requires jurors to find her conduct was reckless. the second-degree manslaughter charge only requires a finding of criminal jusnegligence. there's been a lot of focus on the emotional testimony of kim potter. we know she was e moepgs nal right after she shot daunte wright, saying, look, i'm going to jail. it's hard to know whether, you know, those tears or the emotion we saw on the stand was about being sorry about killing daunte wright or being scared about going to jail. i think we're not focusing enough on she pitched milted on the witness stand during cross that her conduct was unreasonable, and that makes the prosecution's case. the question is will the jurors overlook that because of her emotional testimony. >> that's an important point there because the negligence standa

highly anticipated day in the trial of former police officer kim potter. xpected to take the stand in ore own defense. she's faing manslaughter charges in the shooting death of daunte wright during a traffic stop in minnesota earlier this year. nbc's shaquille brewster is live outside the courthouse in minneapolis. shaquille, court is back in session. what do we know today? >> reporter: of course, we're waiting to see when kim potter will take the stand, but the defense has called as their first witness for today, dr. lawrence miller. he's a psychologist and the defense is bringing him up to help the jury understand their perspective of what they say happened. we're going to hear terms like action error, slip and capture, we had the psychologist up to explain why they believe kim potter reached for her gun when she thought, she says, she was reaching for her taser. this comes after we heard from several witnesses yesterday called by the defense that were intended to poke holes in the case that the prosecution has been laying out. the prosecution is saying t

going to turn to the dramatic new images tonight at the trial of former minnesota police officer kim pottershowing the moments right after she shot and killed daunte right inside his car. officer potter's anguish, at one point threatening to take her own life. here's stephanie ramos. >> reporter: tonight, the prosecution presenting this video as it makes its case against former police officer kim potter. showing the moments right after she shot and killed daunte wright. potter saying she meant to use her taser. >> oh, my god, what have i done? >> reporter: an officer on the scene saying he feared potter would harm herself. >> kim, i'm going to take this but give you mine, okay? >> oh, my god. no, just let me kill myself, mych. >> no, that's not happening, kim. >> reporter: potter crying today as the videos were presented in court, putting her head in her hands. during that traffic stop in april, officers tried to arrest wright for a misdemeanor warrant. >> you're under arrest, daunte. >> reporter: that body camera footage belonging to officer mychal johnson. you see him open the passenger d

the former police officer kim potter convicted of manslaughter in the fatal shooting of daunte wright. how did the defense that she mistook her gun for her taser play with jurors. >>> also breaking, the january 6 select committee just asked the united states supreme court to expedite a appeal by former president in the bat toll keep his white house records secret. i'll ask a key member of the house select committee about the escalating battle over trump's claim of executive privilege. we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world, you're wolf blitzer and you're in "the situation room." >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >> and we begin this hour with breaking news. the cdc has just moments ago updated ids guidance on how long health care workers should isolate if they get covid-19. shortening the time from ten days to seven days if they are no longer positive and if they are asymptomatic. let's go to our national correspondent athena jones more on the omicron surge as the holiday travel rush is underway. >> reporter: with holiday air travel surpas

psoriasis foundation and national eczema association. >>> this is the first full day in jail for kim pottern two counts of manslaughter yesterday in minneapolis after four days and 27 hours of jury deliberation. they decided that potter killed 20-year-old daunte wright at a traffic stop in april while derek chauvin's trial for the killing of george floyd was going on just miles away. now despite the odd from police conviction both former officers have been found guilty. joining me shaquille bruster and kristen gibbons. shaq, let me start with you, what are you hearing from activists, wright's family from people who day in and day out were at that trial? >> there's still that sense of surprise you hear. you saw that reflected in the moments after the verdict was read where there was an uproar of cheers outside the courthouse, people hugging, singing, then inside the courtroom you saw the emotion from the mother of dante wright, the woman on the phone with him seconds before he was shot and killed by kim potter and when the verdict was read exclaimed a cry in the courtroom. i want you to list