pipelines here in minnesota.ll help communities connect to water treatment facilities so every child in minnesota and across america -- you can turn on a faucet and drink clean water. [applause] without parents worrying about chemicals -- did you ever think you would hear the phrase "forever chemicals?" this is the united states of america, for god sake. this is long overdue. we will need tens of thousands of plumbers to do the work. they will get paid a prevailing wage with benefits. [applause] and the ability to build a middle-class life. high speed internet affordable everywhere in america. today, 12% of minnesotans do not have internet subscriptions. in some places there is no broadband infrastructure at all. this law will make high-speed internet affordable everywhere in minnesota, urban, suburban, and rural. [applause] over $20 million. no parent should have to sit outside a fast food restaurant to be able to hook up to the internet so their child can do their homework online. thank about that. we will also

now in minnesota, the state's public health laboratory found the variant in a specimen from a minnesota resident who had recently traveled to new york city for more. we're joined now by reporter urbino, who's live in minneapolis. with more on this case, and leah, the patient in question here had been fully vaccinated, right? that's true. i fully vaccinated more than six months ago and recently received his booster shot. that was here in henderson county, which is the largest county in our state and includes the city of minneapolis were also learned just a few minutes ago less than 30 minutes ago that new york has confirmed five additional omicron variant cases in new york. and you're about to hear how there's a direct connection. our health officials here in minnesota believe is connected to new york city. here's what we know about minnesota's first case of the omicron variant. it involves an adult hennepin county man who has recovered from his mild covid symptoms. health officials say that maybe in large part. due to the fact that he was fully vaccinated more than six months ago and bo

in the matter of state of minnesota vs.ourt file number 27-cr-217490, we, the jury on the charge of manslaughter in the first degree while committing a misdemeanor on or about april 11, 2021, in hennepin county, state of minnesota, find the defendant guilty. and the verdict was agreed to at the hour of 11:40 a.m. and signed by the jury person. on 12/23/21. the verdict on count two is we, the jury on the charge of manslaughter in the second degree, culpable negligence on or about april 11, 2021, in hennepin county, state of minnesota, find the defendant guilty. and that verdict was agreed to at 10:30 a.m. on 12/21/21. members of the jury, is this your true and correct verdict, so say you one and so say you all? >> yes. >> yes. >> yes. >> okay, you may be seated. all right. i am now going to poll the jury. juror number two, is this your true and correct verdict? >> it is. >> juror number six, is this your true and correct verdict? >> yes, it is. >> juror number seven, is this your true and correct verdict? >> yes, it is. >> j

hennepin county, state of minnesota, find the defendant guilty. >> the former brooklyn center minnesota police officer killed 20-year-old dante wright during a traffic stop in april. she said she mistook her handgun for her taser. the jury in this trial deliberated for four days. at one point it seemed that they were indicating they may not be able to reach a unanimous verdict, submitting a question to the judge on that front, however, they were able to reach a unanimous verdict on both counts. our adrian broadus has information on what took place inside the courtroom. adrian? >> reporter: we watched here live on cnn, and as the guilty verdict was read, not much emotion from kimberly potter. she did look down at one point and closed her eyes as she was led away by the sheriff who took her into custody. her husband, who has been in the courtroom every day, shouted loudly, according to our pool reporter who was on the inside, i love you, kim, and she says i love you back. when the guilty verdict was read, katie bryan, who you mentioned was the first to take the stand called by the prosecu

my father got a phd from minnesota. his father got m.d. from the university of minnesota and my great-grandfather from the university ofminnesota . this was during class registration times when a couple of times when i was registering for classes i received notices from the registrar saying i would not be allowed to register until i paid the overdue fine for a textbook on symbols of ecology. that required me to go down to the registrar's office and explain to them that they were actually, they would have to get hold of my grandfather because hewas not with us . minnesota: minneapolis, the twin cities was part of my background. both my grandmothers lives including my grandmother who came from norway to the united states just before world war i as did her husband and you raise three children in minnesota. this book is in many ways the most personal of the books i have written because my family does inevitably surface in the course of my discussion which is not just about the vikings per se which is really what the first part of the book is a

in minnesota, there wasn't.remember, we rewind back to them we had the first community case of co-v2 back in early 2020, that was the first time there is no outside travel reported. everyone say it's officially here. i think we can say omicron is officially here and the big question now is, is it going to outcompete delta? that's what it's going to need to do. the case in colorado, there is history of travel in south africa, as well. two out of three have that travel history. what's important is the context of san francisco, there was no one around this individual that tested positive, which is reassuring. kristen: dr. patel, this is how quickly things changed. the governor of new york just announced five cases of omicron in new york state, so we're waiting to see if it's tied to that anime convention that the gentleman from minnesota was at, as well. i'm glad they're doing the contact tracing and trying to nail this down. we're almost out of time but i want to ask you about this. part of president biden's annou

my name if you don't know is max stevenson, the director of programs here in minneapolisvi minnesota. it's my pleasure tonight to have arthur herman, the author of the book the viking heart -- and afterwards we will have a session so please if you could submit a question at the bottom of the screen and if you are on a desktop or laptop that button should appear on the bottom of the window the button should appear there as well. thankmo you everyone for joining us tonight and with that i would like to introduce the speaker for this evening who received his ba from the university of minnesota. i thought everyone would love hearing that. he is the fourth generation to graduate from the university of minnesota and received his phd from john hopkins university and was a senior fellow at the hudson institute and the offer authorof mountain books includie new york times" bestseller how they invented the modern world and gandhi and churchill which is a finalist for the supplies and works in washington, d.c. so with that i will turn it over to arthur to begin the presentation and then we will

also confirmed cases in colorado and minnesota.seven-day test positivityr rate has jumped. a week ago, it was 1.9%. larry: there is good news to report. the highest daily vaccine numbers since may in the u.s. why has said 2.2 million doses were administered between yesterday and this morning. kristen: president biden unveiled new plans to fight the omicron variant of covid-19, an attack he says is based on science and speed, not chaos and confusion. >> pino covid-19 has been very divisive in this country. it's been political, which is a sad, sad commentary. it shouldn't be, but it has been. now, as we move to the winter and face the challenges of this new variant, this is a moment we can put the divisiveness behind us, i hope. kristen: mr. biden laid out his new speech at the national institute of health in maryland. it's a multipronged reproach -- approach. the plan requires a negative covid test for an inbound travelers within 24 hours of departure for the u.s. a new campaign will be launched to encourage booster

minnesota and colorado also reporting new cases today. dr. fauci has said the vaccines and the boosters will help fight this. and so far, we are hearing of mild symptoms, that the vaccines are working. patients recovering. tonight, president biden announcing new steps to battle the virus as we now head into the winter months. here's what we know. the minnesota man who tested positive had attended a convention in new york city, an anime convention just before thanksgiving at the javits center. more than 50,000 people were there. they're being urged to be tested now. he was fully vaccinated, had a booster shot and showed mild symptoms. he got back home, was tested, those symptoms have now subsided and again, as i mentioned, everyone who was there urged to be tested and vigilant about symptoms. the colorado case, a woman who was fully vaccinated and eligible for a booster but hadn't received one yet, after returning from a visit to southern africa. she experienced mild symptoms, tested positive, she's now isolating at home. today, president bide

we know systemically minnesota imprisons black people. the rate of arrests for black people is about 15 times when it comes to things like arrest for marijuana possession or even just being pulled over, right? so we know that justice really is a complete and total transformation of the system, such that we actually see parity between the rates of arrest, between the home ownership rates, and i do there, because economic justice is really the underpinning of public safety. we know that safer communities are ones that are invested in, right? where folks have food on the table, they have the ability to have house or shelter, right? so we're also focused on that. minnesota needs to make good on economic justice as well, if it wants to see public safety done in the right way. >> so, to that end, what is your job here now? what can be done to make sure that what happened to daunte right doesn't happen again? what changes to policing, for example, are you ready to make happen? >> in may, just a month after daunte was killed, our city council pas

our top stories: a former minnesota police officer is found guilty of manslaughter for killing daunte wright during a traffic stop. the moment that we heard "guilty" on manslaughter one — emotions, every single emotion that you could imaginejust running through your body at that moment. researchers in britain say people catching omicron are up to 70% less likely to need hospital care compared with previous coronavirus variants. the former south korean president, park geun—hye, who was jailed on corruption charges, is to be pardoned by the government. in russia, president putin insists that nato should not expand further to the east. and the us law requiring companies to prove they're not using uyghur muslim forced labour. but does it go far enough? we speak to a leading uyghur activist. welcome to our viewers in the uk and around the globe. a jury in the us state of minnesota has found a white former police officer guilty of manslaughter for the fatal shooting of an unarmed black man. the prosecution argued that kimberley potter had shown culpable negligence when she killed daunte wri

our top stories: a former minnesota police officer is found guilty of manslaughter for killing daunte wright during a traffic stop. the moment that we heard "guilty" on the manslaughter one, emotions, every single emotion that you could imagine just running through your body at that moment. researchers in britain say people catching omicron are up to 70% less likely to need hospital care, compared with previous coronavirus variants. in russia, president putin insists that nato should not expand further to the east. translation: you must give us guarantees- _ translation: you must give us guarantees. you _ translation: you must give us guarantees. you must _ translation: you must give us guarantees. you must do - translation: you must give us guarantees. you must do it, - guarantees. you must do it, immediately, now. we won't be palmed off with decades of idle chatter about the need for security for all while the other side carries out its own plans. and the renowned american journalist and author joan didion dies at the age of 87. hello and welcome to bbc news. a jury in the us state

what does that mean for policing in the state of minnesota.he jury's verdict, as well as the keep in mind these cases were not generally charged initially. even in this particular case, remember only second-degree manslaughter was charged under the a.g. came in and add the the first-degree manslaughter charge. we're seeing a tie for the gubernatorial office actually looking to police reform, but the jury's decision tells us that society is also looking for that type of police reform as well. what i think both of those things tell us is police reform is on the horizon. what about sentencing, david. no manslaughter in the sect drear it's a max of ten years in prison. she's found guilty for both. >> i think she's looking at the range of 7 to 9 years. what is difficult to predict here is how the judge will weigh the aggravating factors in terms of what we call an upwood sentencing departure, and in that regard, i think she's likely to get a higher sentence, and she frankly has no one to blame than herself. she essentially testified that dew pointe

s. police officer and the state of minnesota. kimberly porter shot and killed a 20 year old black man dante wright, during the routine traffic stop. in april, a 12 member jury reached the verdict. after 27 hours of deliberation during the trial, prosecutors argued that pasha who had pled not guilty, betrayed her badge. and flouted years of training by mistakenly drawing have firearm instead of her taser the moment that we heard guilty of manslaughter, one 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 the calm when, while we were waiting for the last few days. and now we've been able to process it . we want to thank the entire prosecution team. we want to thank community support everybody who's been out there that has supported us in this, this long fight for accountability. well, correspondent, john hendrix. joining us live from minneapolis and rick conviction john of a police officer in the us. w

s. cord convict a white police officer who shot dead, a black man at a traffic stop in minnesota. i'm a crohn is come on real fast, but it will be over soon. the us and europe report record covered 19 infections where there seems to be more evidence the on the con variant is milder than other strains. and vladimir putin put nato in his side. the russian president claims the alliance for creating tensions. ah, thank you very much for joining us. south korea's government has pardon former president park you and he has been serving a 22 year prison sentence for corruption. the justice ministry says the move is aimed at overcoming national divisions. park was convicted in 2017 of colluding with a friend to receive billions of dollars from major companies. she was the country's 1st democratically elected leader to be thrown out of office. will i speak to robert kelly about this is a professor of political science and diplomacy at pusan national university, and his joining is vice kite from bull st. thank you very much, mr. kelly, for being with us. our present moon gen one j in had pre

the russian president blamed the alliance for creating tension in the region and the state of minnesota 5. the defendant guilty a former u. s. police officer who says she mistook her gun for her taser is convicted of killing black driver down to right. i'm devin ash, with sport cove 90 and continues to disrupt the english premier is 2 more matches accord off and with worries over player welfare. manchester city, balls, pet body ala, says butler's should threatened to strike if they want their concerns taken seriously. ah, friday marks a months since south africa announced the 1st case of the corona virus variant known as all micron. and scientists now are developing a clearer picture of its dangers. so far the data suggests that it is milder than previous variance, but because it's significantly more infectious, it could still cause serious pressure on health systems. on thursday, the u. k. government reported nearly a 120000 deposit of cases. well, the newest on the crown statistics come from the u. k. health security agency, which says people with the very inter estimated to be 50 to

s. state of minnesota, former police officer has been found guilty of manslaughter. in the killing of a black man during a routine traffic stop. kimberly potter a shot 20th dante wright. last april. she now faces up to 15 years in prison. john hendern reports from minneapolis. find the defendant guilty find the defendant guilty again in minnesota, a white police officer is convicted of killing a black man. kim potter lowered her head as she was found guilty of 1st and 2nd degree manslaughter for fatally shooting 20 year old dante wright. as she was taken into custody with no chance of veil, her husband shouted his support as police ought to arrest right on a warrant. after an april traffic stop, potter says he resisted arrest and she fired, which he thought was a taser. the weapon she drew with her gun powder, expressed remorse and tear filled testimony. i remember yelling taser taser taser and nothing happened to the shooting came as protestors, some of them violent filled the streets of minneapolis. during the trial of derek shaven, a white police officer ultimatel

the minnesota spoke with minnesota public health department. he attended the new york city 2021 convention at the javits center from the 19th through 21st. any contract tracing would be done through the cdc and public health officials as well. but i would also note that the minnesota public health department will do a press conference at noon and expect they would have additional information. important question about contact tracing and what we anticipate i just want to rely on the public health officials to speak to that. >> are you aware of any other cases of the omicron variant in the united states other than the minnesota and california case? >> we have been very transparent hopefully you would agree about providing that information as it becomes available. it typically comes through public health departments and provide it themselves first but we are in close touch every single day with state and local public health authorities. not that i'm aware of. officials i would note as dr. fauci has said over the course of the last week every day w

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a former minnesota police officer is found guilty of manslaughter — for killing daunte wright duringraffic stop. the moment that we heard guilty on the manslaughter one, and emotions every single emotion that you could imaginejust running every single emotion that you could imagine just running through your body at that moment. this was the moment that shocked america — when a police officer claims to have mistaken her handgun for a taser. we'll have the latest from minneapolis. also ahead... an official uk government study shows people who get infected with the omicron strain of covid are far less likely to end up in hospital. in russia, president putin insists on immediate guarantees that nato will not expand further to the east. you must give us guarantees, you must do it immediately, now. we be pandered to with unnecessary chatter while the other side carries out its own plans. hello, wherever you are or around the world. welcome to bbc news. we begin this are in the united states. a former police officer in minnesota has been found guilty of manslaughter, following the killing o

from the people of hennepin county and the american people and the people of minnesota. what they saw in the courtroom was the fruit of many, many hours of labor and hard work and planning is. from my office, i want to thank specifically mr. matthew frank. i want to thank a aaron eldridge. this team wouldn't be much of anything if it were not for the amazing work of joshua larson, vernona boswell. i also want to thank colleagues that didn't work on the legal matter but worked in the community. that is john styles and everyone. thanks for your hard work. i want to thank the many staff at the bureau of criminal apprehension that worked on this case. the staff of the hennepin county attorney's office and washington county attorney's office. specifically i want to thank mr. drew evans and those that was the in this case like agent phil that did a fine job and put many in long hours. we appreciate their service. the next step in this case is sentencing. all i will say about that today is that we have to look forward to the court setting a calendar date for that hearing and at

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. >> herin the united states a jury in the state of minnesota has found a white former police officerlty of manslaughter for having shot dead a black motorist. during the trial she said she mistook her handgun for a taser when she killed daunte wright during a traffic stop in april. here's a bit of her testimony. >> i remember yelling taser, taser, taser and nothing happened. and then he told me i shot him [weeping] >> joining me now for more on the story is no mia it all -- is our correspondent. defense and prosecution both agreed that she didn't mean to kill him, she mistakenly withdrew the wrong weapon. what were the key arguments the jury was weighing? >> for the prosecutors it was a case of a preventable death. they argued that this was a police officer of more than 20 years experience and she had to know the difference between a taser and her handgun. for the defense they said that this was an honest mistake and that she was simply trying to arrest somebody who was resisting arrest. it's worth mentioning that intent was not part of the charges. the jurors didn't need to be convi

is found former minnesota police officer kimberly porter guilty of 1st and 2nd degree manslaughter in the fatal shooting of 20 year old black man. down to write a 12 member jury found the police veteran guilty after 27 hours of deliberation, don't the rightful shot during a routine traffic stop. in april. during the trial, prosecutors argued that porter would pleaded not guilty, betrayed her badge and flouted years of training, by mistakenly drawing her fire arm instead of her taser during the fatal incident in the matter of state, minnesota versus kimberly potter. we the jury on the charge of manslaughter in the 1st degree while committing a misdemeanor on our about april 11, 2021 and had it been county state of minnesota find the defendant guilty law course one and john henderson is outside the court in minneapolis. it's rare that a police officer is charged in the killing of somebody under their care. it's rare still that one is convicted, but today that's exactly what happened. first degree and 2nd degree manslaughter. and as the judge read out, that verdict outside here, there wa

cbs' mola lenghi reports from hartland, minnesota. ( sirens ) >> reporter: hurricane force winds toree midwest. in nebraska, strong winds toppling a moving tractor- trailer. next door in iowa, a roof ripped off a library -- somehow the books remained on the shelves. residents were left to sort through what was left of their homes. >> power flashes! >> reporter: in chicago, 66- mile-per-hour winds reported at o'hare airport tearing limbs off trees and smashing them into car windows. more than 20 tornadoes reported in the upper midwest with minnesota's first ever december tornado, this after the five tornado rampage after haste were littered with overturned tractor-trailers. cbs news meteorologist jeff berardelli insists this is not normal. >> we should not see one of the biggest tornado outbreaks we've ever seen happen in the month of december and then three or four days later another extraordinary weather event that is unprecedented. >> reporter: here in hartland, minnesota, the storm punched holes into solid brick buildings, overturned an r.v. and downed trees and power lines, not th

in minnesota, with george floyd, we had that happen. now everybody was awaiting this verdict. it was the right decision. >> i understand you were in downtown minneapolis when you heard the verdict. what's the mood there now? >> you know, everybody -- there is a sigh of relief for our community. but many people are saying, you know, there's many families like this in the same position. right? kimberly potter, this is not her first time in this situation. she was involved with another shooting. we felt that that was covered up. for us, it's a sigh of relief. we got, i guess, a bad officer off the street. moving forward, i think this will be the model. not only for minneapolis, minnesota, but hopefully for all of our society. >> one of the things that's most painful for you is you had conversations with daunte in the past about how to interact with police. what were those conversations like? what did you tell him? >> you know, working at the school with him, i would tell him and all the other kids how to behave, how to interact with police. because me being a man of color, being

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cloud hospital, minnesota. like so many doctors he feels the strain.een like to work in this atmosphere? >> it's exhausting. it is frequently heart breaking. it is demoralizing at times. >> reporter: dr. lions says it's also getting hostile as patients are demanding bogus medical treatments. are people treating these treatments like they're picking items off a menu at a restaurant? >> absolutely. folks act as if they can come into the hospital and request any certain therapy they want or conversely decline any therapy that they want with the idea being that somehow they can pick and choose and direct their therapy. and it doesn't work. >> it's putting health care workers at risk. hospitals are facing a slew of lawsuits demanding risky treatments. across the country there are reports of growing hostility between medical workers and patients and their families. it's a daily dose of threats and vitrial. >> it insults your intelligence, asults your ability. and most hurtful they say by not using these therapies you are intentionally trying to harm the peop

the mother of daunte wright — shot dead by a former minnesota police officer — has been giving her reactionthe guilty verdict against the woman who killed her son. the moment that we heard "guilty" on manslaughter one — emotions, every single emotion that you could imaginejust running through your body at that moment. japan says it will not be sending government officials to the beijing winter olympics in protest at china's human rights record. the us brings in a law requiring companies to prove they're not using uyghur muslim forced labour. but does it go far enough? south korea's former president park geun—hye, who was jailed on corruption charges, is to be pardoned by the government. and the renowned american journalist and author, joan didion, dies at the age of 87. hello and welcome. a jury in the american state of minnesota has found a white former police officer guilty of manslaughter for having shot dead an unarmed black motorist. during the trial kim potter said she had mistaken her handgun for a taser when she killed daunte wright in april. he had been pulled over in a routine tra

see why police officer who's shot dead, a black man at a traffic stop in minnesota. i'm a crohn is come on real fast, but it will be over soon. the us and europe report record covered 19 infections, but there seems to be more evidence. the only con variant is minder than other strains and a victory for workers at amazon. they can now form a union to fight for their rights. ah, south korea's government has broadened former president park you and hay who has been serving a 22 year prison sentence for corruption. the justice ministry says the movies aimed at overcoming national divisions. park was convicted in 2017 of colluding with a friend to receive billions of dollars from major companies, shows the country's 1st democratically elected leader to be thrown out of office. robert kelly is a professor of political science and diplomacy at pu son national university. he explained some of the reasons behind parks amnesty. she had both physical and mental health issues. since impeachment, i mean, she's pretty clearly not going to have any kind of meaningful political role

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c a in minnesota. but n dfcs was originally investigating the north dakota agee's office and b, c, i, in their report said it was a minnesota b c, a case, the b c. a said that's not true, they have nothing to do with it. as furious as angry at the way everything is be presented from start to finish. the way the police were handling it from pretty much de one and her static death investigation is being handled by campus police. the minnesota police are not working with the campus. police cops aren't sharing information. i was absolutely out. yeah. was the light away, very lay way of putting it, the f, b i's response was essentially that they weren't asked by local on foresman to be involved. unless they were asked by law enforcement to get involved. there was no reason for them to get involved at that point. all due respect to the campus, police, you know, they've got a job to do and it is not investigating a potential murder. i remember asking at this school official, do you feel like you're in over yo

>> columbia heights, minnesota. >> and did you live in that neighborhood? >> yes, i did. >> while you were at elementary school, while you were going to that school, did you have a police officer visit your school? >> yes. >> and do you actually know his name today? >> yes, it's officer michael mcgee. >> and where was he a police officer at in. >> the columbia heights police department. >> and why was he at your school? >> he was doing bicycle safety for school kids. >> and you remembered his name. anything else that was significant about him that caused you to do something in your life? >> he was -- on that occasion he really influenced me as a youngster that the police are good people and i wanted to be something like that some day. >> and because of that and because of him being at your school, did you start out doing that? >> yes. >> and what was your first job or volunteer work as some type of a law enforcement officer, student, explorer, school cop? >> well, the first thing i did -- in junior high i was a school patrol officer if that counts. >> yes,

surely after the announcement out of minnesota. kathy hochul delivered remarks, saying there are no confirmed cases yet detected in new york. but she does expect that to change. new york declared a state of emergency last week in anticipation of this variant. both confirmed cases, the one in california and the other in minnesota, had been breakthrough infections that officials say both experienced only mild symptoms. but these were vaccinated folks. all week the administration has been saying that getting vaccinated and boosted is still the single best way to protect yourself against covid and all of its potential variants, whether delta or omicron. not surprisingly getting more shots in arms is is the centerpiece of the winter plan to fight covid when he officially unveiled veils it later. the remarks come as the administration has taken the opportunity to significantly ramp up the public messaging campaign on covid all this week. monday the president delivered his first extended remarks on omicron. and the cdc strengthened the bo

. >> in the matter of state of minnesota versus kimberly potter, court file 26-cr-2174 0, we the jury on the charge of manslaughter in the first degree, while committing a misdemeanor on or about april 11, 2021, in hennepin county, state of minnesota, find the defendant guilty. and the verdict was great to tut hour of 11:40 a.m., and signed by the jury person on 12/23/21. the verdict on count 1, we the jury, on the charge of manslaughter in the second degree, culpable negligence, on or about april 11, 2021, in men pin county, state of minnesota, find the defendant guilty. >>> despite pleas from potter's lawyers for he to be released, the judge said she cannot treat this case any differently, and said she will remain in customer by. kim potter will remain in custody without bail. >>> joining me from outside the courthouse is shaq brewster, civil rights attorneys kristin a. and david henderson and charles coleman. shaq, you've been outof that courthouse now for this entire trial. there hasn't been much of a crowd out, but we are seeing with you now. what is the reaction? >> reporter: th

raoul caroni, president and ceo of the minnesota hospital association.ing this route, a full-page ad? was this a last resort sorts? >> ana, thank you for having me. you know, we are running out of words to describe the crisis that we are seeing here in minnesota and across the u.s. it's a true crisis, and now we're invoking our heart. you know, i'm a physician, and so many of the health care heroes came to this industry because it's a calling, so we're saying our heart is aching. our beds are full. our emergency departments are full. our hallways have patients in them, some on breathing machines, and at this point our care capacity is stretched to the very limits, so we're invoking our heart. we want our communities to know the dire situation that we're in right now. >> it just sounds so disheartening. i hear you. i feel you. the latest data though from the minnesota department of health shows 71% of people in your state who are eligible to get vaccinated have received at least one shot. so why do you think things are so bad? why does it seem to be getti

a right to abortion in minnesota. state-directed counseling, followed by a 24-hour waiting period, parental notification for minors, and i believe, if i get it right, 24 weeks that you're allowed to have an abortion. is that what you think the federal baseline should be essentially? >> actually i think the federal baseline is the bill we put together, the women's health protection act, which would put roe v. wade into law. minnesota, i'm glad that is in our law. i think we have long believed that people have the choice. we have one of the highest rates of international adoption. that's one choice. another choice is being a mom. an another choice is actually making a decision with your doctor that you're going to terminate a pregnancy. those are choices in our state. but i don't think that having state by state by state, and literally you know very well, chuck, by what we've seen out of texas and alabama, that a huge swath of the country, women are going to be denied that right to make their own choice, and i don't thi

. >>> also tonight, former minnesota police officer kim potter breaking down on the stand. >> i remember yelling, taser, taser, taser. and nothing happened. >> describing the moment she shot and killed daunte wright. she has claimed she mistook her gun for her taser. the prosecutor repeatedly pressing the officer on her training on her taser to avoid this. potter sobbing, saying i'm sorry it happened. >>> news tonight about a suspected serial killer. authorities say he used a shopping cart to carry away his alleged victims. >>> a storm moving into the northeast. winter weather alerts already up tonight. snow, sleet, and rain. >>> the major headline, the longest sentence yet after january 6th. a florida man repeatedly assaulting officers. >>> tiger woods beginning his comeback. what we witnessed today with tiger and his son. >>> dolly parton, what she's now done. >>> and our "made in america" christmas. the ideas pouring in. we keep going. >> announcer: from abc news world headquarters in new york, this is "world news tonight with david muir." >>> good evening. it's great to have you with

well, the san jose sharks try to win the minnesota wild. but were unsuccessful kron four's, sports director jason dumas says those highlights. >> the sharks are coming off a huge win on tuesday against the. >> pacific division-leading calgary, flames and they're trying to take down another first-place team in the minnesota wild. the wild, their hottest team in the nhl. they've won 7 in a row coming into the tank. and you could tell. here jordan greenway the wrister top shelf. on the power play. minnesota in control up 3 to nothing but the shark they kept fighting. look at thomas hurdle. beautiful move. beautiful goal. it's 3 to 2. with just 6 minutes left the shark, pulled the goalie. >> wild make them pay as greenway. again, another goal wild win 5 to 2. the sharks are back in action on saturday that is your look at sports. back to you guys. all right. thanks for that, jason. >> it will doughnuts are sweet and a tree big part of american culture. us also don't see today. john. i was tempted to buy them. who wouldn't want to open up a box o