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Have been found guilty. joining me shaquille bruster and kristen gibbons. shaq, let me start with you, what are you hearing from activists, wrights family from people who day in and day out were at that trial? >> theres 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 difference between a taser and a firearm. i mean, shes a 26-year veteran. shes been trained, shes been retrained. i mean, thats the whole point of training is to know the difference between the two. the color of it is different, you carry it on your opposite side from your firearm. i mean, all those things, to me, point toward negligence on her part when she shot mr. wright. im sure thats what the jury wants. they want to know for themselves. they want to touch it, they want to feel it, they...

Are facing so many other things that are falling to the wayside, unfortunately, in the face of this new variant. >> absolutely. much more to come on this breaking news, how quickly these pills can be accessed. thank you for coming back on to react to this, dr. ranney. >> thank you. its great news for all. >> a silver lining, some good news that we needed this week for sure. thank you again. i want to turn now to this. the jury in the trial of kim potter is now in its third day of deliberations...

One of the first hostages to get out last month were you allowed to pray when you were held captive >> yes, we were. we prayed and sang for hours every day. >> reporter: how were the children taken care of? >> pretty well pretty well. >> reporter: their captors had been demanding $1 million ransom for each. theyre refusing to say if any was paid. do you forgive them? >> we do we forgive them, but we long for them to turn their life around we pleaded with them to realize the harm theyre doing to ...

You may remember miller is the psychologist called by the defense, a day before potter testified. the judge didnt give any specifics, however, it was revealed over the eight days of testimony that potter interviewed with dr. miller. during that zoom session, she told dr. miller she does not make mistakes. by contrast, her defense attorney, earl gray, said this was all a mistake. even the telling members of the jury to consider this question, how could potter recklessly handle a firearm if she di...

>> no. dante wright caused his own death? so within seconds, he breaks away. thats the cause, ladies and gentlemen of the jury. thats what caused this whole incident. >> consider, if we accept that argument, that he caused his own death, we have to accept that any time a person does not meticulously follow the commands of a police officer, they can be shot to death, and there would be no consequences. >> objection. >> reporter: so the jury did not reach a verdict yesterday. theyll return for del...

No-fly list. from 5:00 p.m. eastern on tuesday, u.s., canada, and eight other nations will be red, meaning theyll be off limits for israelis unless they get special permission. >> thanks to our reporters all around the world. this morning, we are on verdict watch in the trial of former officer kim potter, who shot dante wright at a traffic stop. why her lawyer says the deadly mix-up between a taser and a gun should matter. former president trump booed by his own supporters after revealing he...

Spread. community spread happens regardless of our illusion of control over it. i think we have to stop thinking we have control over the spread of this virus when we actually do not. that itself has caused harm. >> dr. bhattacharya, to be continued. thank you for coming back. >> thank you, michael, for having me. >> former minnesota police officer kim potter breaking down on the stand today as she testified in other own defense in the shooting death of dante wright. >> you knew deadly force was...

Reaching into his pocket, i thought it was a gun, i thought i was in danger and i acted properly and used force reasonably. on the other hand, officer potter broke down in tears and said im so sorry i made this mistake, it was horrible. she didnt even try to justify the use of force or the level. force that was used here as other officers have done. so it really was a remarkable turn about in the kind of testimony you would expect in a case like this. and she may have garnished quite a bit of sy...

Fatal. >> a shot him. oh, my god. >> the prosecutor asked potter on training and confusing the trayser and gun. >> you were trained on it, right? >> yes. it was a while back. >> you were trained in march of this year on that. >> you never saw a weapon on mr. wright? >> never saw a gun? >> adding she did not try to save wright or other officers in the aftermath? >> you didnt try to make sure any other officers knew what you had done? >> no. >> you didnt run down the street and try to save his lif...