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[sobbing] im so sorry. rachel: former police officer breaking down in tears on the witness stand as she recalls the moment she fatally shot daunte wright. pete: here with whats next fox news legal analyst gregg jarrett. greg, what is next in this case as you watch. >> well it, will be up to the jurors come early next week when they get the case and deliberate. you know, its always a bold move to put the accused on the witness stand but also perilous. you never know how the jury is going to react...

Potter takes the stand in her own defense. more emotional testimony of the chaotic moments before daunte wrights death. and a little later. the longest january 6th sentence yet for this -- how this man went from watching and cheering to violently assault a police officer. as a dj, i know all about customization. thats why i love liberty mutual. they customize my car insurance, so i only pay for what i need. how about a throwback? ♪ liberty, liberty, liberty, liberty ♪ only pay for what you...

Taser, taser. and nothing happened. and then, he told me i shot him. >> reporter: former officer kim potter testifying for the first time explaining the moment she shot and killed daunte wright last april. potter described seeing her fellow officer struggling with wright during the traffic stop. >> he had a look of fear on his face. its nothing i had seen before. we were struggling. we were trying to keep him from driving away. it just -- it just went chaotic. >> reporter: wright, who officers l...

Illness. thats what were worried about. they still work against delta developing new ones for omicron but they still work against delta. >> we need to listen to experts and dont listen to tucker carlson and donald trump. they dont care if you die. lets be honest. tucker thinks its boring. dont look to him for your health advice. dr. gupta you should listen to. still ahead, former minnesota police officer kim potter takes the stand as she faces manslaughter charges in the deadly shooting of dau...

It just -- it just went chaotic. >> reporter: former officer kimberly potter testifying in her own defense about the traffic stop that led to her shooting and killing donte wright. >> i remember yelling taser, taser, taser and nothing happened and then he told me, i shot him. >> reporter: potter says she thought her gun was her taser. and that while police stopped wright for an illegal air freshener and expired license plates, they tried to arrest him when a records check revealed an outstanding...

Im not so sure how much her testimony would help. but in most instances defendants do not take the stand. but i honestly think in this case for any shot she had tour a hung jury or not guilty, she had to take the stand in this case. >> julie, going on with what debbie said, when potter was cross-examined she was shown photos of the gun and the taser. they look nothing alike. and talking about whether daunte wright was ever a threat. she never saw a gun, et cetera. as a trial attorney yourself, h...

Picture that kim potter was not only authorized to use a taser in light of the circumstances but that she was authorized to use deadly force. i, of course, disagree with the analysis that the defense has proposed. i feel that theyre grasping at straws and try to find any way for the jury to give an escape route to kim potter for her actions in this situation. she did not need to use a taser, nor, of course, did she need to use a gun in this situation, even though the two officers had a tussle go...

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Chaotic, she mistook her gun for taser. stephanie, lets talk about that moment. the court had to take a break. potter became very emotional describing the moments that led up to that fatal shooting. >> reporter: yeah, good morning to you, lindsey. she did get very emotional during several points throughout her testimony yesterday. as she described those fateful moments back in april when she thought and killed daunte wright during that traffic stop. now, during her testimony, she described how s...

Mr. wright, did you? >> no. >> never saw a gun? >> no. >> adding she did not try to save wright or check on other officers in the aftermath. >> you didnt make sure any officers knew what you had just done, right? >> no. >> you didnt run down the street and try to save daunte wrights life, did you? >> no. >> you were focused on what you had done because you had just killed somebody. >> im sorry it happened. im sorry. >> reporter: prosecutors continuing to push. >> you knew that deadly force was u...