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Are small gatherings okay >> you can get together with your relatives over the holidays adding rapid tests will make that safer. >> reporter: what about indoor dining at restaurants? thats a bit murky >> everything we will be doing involving individuals risk tolerance. some people may decide certain exposures just arent worth it. >> reporter: and what should unvaccinated people do? >> people will have to use masks and tests and other measures. >> reporter: most importantly, she says, reconsider ...

Disposal and hopefully people will use them as much as they can. >> especially with people you trust, right, who are your friends who tell you that they are vaccinated and/or boosted. doctor, i know youve been answering these questions a million times a day. thank you for doing it a million and one times. i appreciate your time. >> thanks for having me on. >> sure thing. up ahead, the emotional testimony of the former police officer who fatally shot daunte wright during a traffic stop near min...

Her manslaughter trial over the killing of 20-year-old daunte wright. both sides agree the shooting was accidental. but they disagree on whether her actions were criminal. closing arguments start monday and josh campbell has the latest from minneapolis. >> are i remember yelling taser, 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. she saw...

>> no. >> so we have this officer testifying this week. we have all been able to see the testimony on screen. we also have in louisiana this judge who was caught on camera, her vase appears on the video at some point. she declined to say whether she was the person using the n-word. she did confirm the footage was filmed in her home. we need to be clear that her lawyer is not clear who utters the slurs, ill let people look up the video and judge for themselves. im bringing this up to show the mul...

They would not have pulled wright over at all if she hadnt been training that officer. >> why not? >> an air freshener to me is just an equipment violation. >> you did stop the vehicle, right? >> yes, part of field training is that my probationer would make numerous contacts with the public throughout the day. >> reporter: that contact would turn fatal. >> i shot him! oh, my god. >> reporter: when she pulled her gun instead of her taser. the prosecutor asked her about training on her taser and h...

Street and try to save daunte wrights life, did you? >> no. >> you were focused on what you had done, you had just killed somebody. >> im sorry it happened. im sorry. >> prosecutors continuing to push. >> you knew that deadly force was unreasonable and unwarranted. >> and i didnt want to kill anybody. >> and the jury in the trial, they heard from all of the witnesses who will be testifying. on monday, there will be closing arguments. where the prosecution will sum up their case, of course all al...

♪ oh what a wonderful world ♪ closing arguments are scheduled for monday in the trial of former police officer kim potter who is charged in the death of daunte wright. testimony ended this afternoon after potter took the stand giving an emotional account of the deadly traffic stop last april. cnn security correspondent josh campbell has details. >> and remember yelling taser,

Closing arguments begin monday in the trial of kim potter, who killed daunte wright during a traffic stop. she told the jury she mistook her game for her taser. more now from adrienne broaddus. >> im sorry it happened. >> you didnt plan to use the gun that day, did you? >> no. >> because you knew that deadly force was unreasonable and unwarranted in this circumstance. >> i didnt want to hurt anybody. >> reporter: under cross-examination kim potter we want. >> you quit doing your job completely, ...

Right now supreme court is in yolo mode, theyre doing it because they have to power to do so. >> yeah. i this i that you know we have to start using appropriate language. theyre not conservatives, theyre right wing extremists and have infiltrated every part of the government. take a listen to kim potter. she was the officer who shot to daunte wright, she testified this week. lots of tears. take a look. well talk about it. >> do you agree that as a police officer you have the duty to render aid a...

Over at all if she wasnt training an officer. >> you did stop the vehicle. >> yes, part of the field training is my probationer would make numerous contacts with the public throughout the day. >> reporter: it turned fatal. the prosecutor asked training on confusing the taser. >> you were trained on it. >> yes, but a while back. you were trained in march? >> yes. >> you never saw a weapon on mr. wright, did you? >> no. >> never saw a gun? >> no. >> you didnt make sure that any of the officers kne...