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Rare occasions, but i dont believe i ever deployed it. >> the defense has now rested its case. both sides will give their closing arguments this coming monday. joining me now is a civil rights attorney and the former president of the minneapolis naacp chapter. break down kim potters testimony today. obviously she was emotional. do you think she helped her case? >> i personally dont think she helped her case. i think she tried to offer her strategy in terms of breaking down on the stand and being...

Video? >> i dont remember what i said. >> reporter: but an officers body camera capturing her response. >> no. >> reporter: potter testifying today she never fired her gun or taser in the field before this incident. >> you have drawn your taser and not fired it in your 26-year career? >> yes. >> reporter: the prosecution continuing to challenge. >> you never saw a weapon on mr. wright, did you? >> no. >> never saw a gun? >> no. >> he never threw a punch. >> no. >> reporter: the prosecutor, also,...

Rearview mirror, and the tags were expired. >> potter said they would not have pulled over him at all if she wasnt training an officer. >> why not? >> it is just a minor violation. >> we would make numerous contacts with the public throughout the day. >> that contact would turn fatal. >> i shot him. >> when she pulled her gun, instead of her taser. >> the prosecutor asked potter about training on confusing her taser and her gun. >> we were trained on it, right? >> yes. it was a while back. >> yo...

Lines for testing. the rockettes canceling their christmas spectacular. the nfl postponing games. nationwide cases, hospitalizations, deaths, all rising the white houses stark warning saying the unvaccinated face a winter of severe illness and death. and news from pfizer, how it could set back the time line for vaccinating young children. also tonight, former police officer kim potter breaking down in tears, testifying in her own defense, telling the jury she mistook her gun for her taser when...

>> i ran and everybody knew i was a rich person. im much richer than almost anybody. >> so, why doesnt he pay his legal bills? why is the rnc, anyone who donates to it, spending all the money? more than a million dollars to pay trumps legal fees. plus, emotional testimony today as the officer who shot and killed daunte wright took the stand. >> remember yelling taser, taser, taser. and nothing happened. >> and an out front investigation. we are going to look at companies that have found a way ...

A jury in minnesota has now heard former police officer kim potters side of the story about the day she shot and killed daunte wright during a traffic stop last april. >> we were struggling, trying to keep him from driving away. it just went mechanic. and then i remember yelling taser, taser, taser, and nothing happened, and then he told me i shot him. >> during cross-examination by prosecution, potter began

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...

Kim potter giving tearful testimony over the moment she allegedly shot and killed daunte wright during a traffic stop. potter says she mistakenly grabbed her handgun instead of her taser. watch. >> i remember yelling taser, taser, taser and nothing happened. and then i shot him. potter saying the fateful moment was chaotic and she was trying to keep wright from driving away. she is facing first and second degree manslaughter charges. senator minority leader mitch mcconnell is in home state surve...

When maxwells defense team rested its case friday in the criminal sex trafficking conspiracy trial, nine witnesses testified for the defense over two day, closing arguments begin monday, and then the jury takes over for deliberation. maxwell has pleaded not guilty to six federal charges. the case against the former associate of jeffery epstein lies mostly on the testimony of four women. they say maxwell facilitated and sometimes participated in sexual abuse by epstein when they were minors. an...

>> i remember hearing taser, taser, taser. and nothing happened. and then he told me i shot him. >> former officer kim potter testifies for the first time explaining the moment she cot and killed daunte wright last april. potter describes seeing her fellow officer struggling with write during the traffic stop. >> he had the look of fear on his face. its something ive seen before. we were struggling, and trying to keep him from driving away. it was just chaotic. >> wright, who officers learned ha...