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In just about 20 minutes in minnesota, the kim potter trial resumes. the former police officer is charged with manslaughter in the shooting death of 20-year-old daunte wright. shes expected to take the witness stand later today. potter says she mistook her gun for her taser when she fatally shot wright during a traffic stop. well bring you potters testimony live when it begins. also new this morning, a search warrant had been issued for alec baldwins cell phone, as part of the ongoing investigat...

Civil rights attorney and former prosecutor david henderson. shaq, get us up to speed on the testimony. >> we expect court to resume in about 15 minutes here. but when it took a break, it was during a pretty crucial moment. as the prosecution was cross-examining former officer kim potter, it was going through almost frame by frame of the video of the moment when she yelled "taser, taser, taser," then fired that shot into daunte wrights chest. we got some new information as she explained she was ...

Wanted to instigate violence or whatever, i dont buy that. i wouldnt say that. i wouldnt say that about somebody that i didnt know. but what they were clearly trying to do is to say, you know, that perhaps pence had power to do things that he of course did not have in an effort to try to keep the election from going to biden. its sad. its ridiculous, erin. its just ridiculous. and its almost christmas week and weve got to deal with this. its just nuts. >> governor, thank you so much. i appreciat...

After the shooting, inconsolable. the body camera footage previously shown to jurors. today she broke down again when grilled by the prosecution. >> you stopped doing your job completely. you didnt communicate what happened over the radio, right? >> no. >> 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. >>...

Tonight, the defenses turn. defense attorneys in the kim potter trial calling their first witness, a use of force expert, who said it was reasonable for potter to pull what she thought was her taser on daunte wright. this testimony directly contradicting the prosecutions use of force expert yesterday. potter claims she mistakenly grabbed her gun instead of her taser. she confirmed today that she still plans to testify. josh campbell is outfront. >> no, your honor, the state rests. >> reporter: t...

It. stand by for our exclusive reporting. also tonight, the defense rested in the trial of kim potter, who took the stand to tell her side of the story about the moment she shot and daunte wright. did she help the case or make the prosecutions case easier? im wolf blitzer. youre in officee "the situation room." we begin our coverage this evening with a growing alarm right now over the omicron variants rise here in the united states. lets get straight to cnns senior national correspondent kyung...

Learned that there is a temporary restraining order, a female had lodged against the person that said he was in the car, but he really did -- mr. wright ever give a valid identification for himself? >> no. >> and the other officer -- now, youve got no valid information. youve got a gross misdemeanor. youve got a temporary restraining order, youve got marijuana smelled by your partner, youve got no license, no insurance. would you let that car go if you went up to it or attempt to handcuff the in...

Try to save wright or check on other officers in the aftermath. >> you didnt make sure any officers. >> no. >> you didnt run down the street and try to save daunte wright, did you? >> no. >> you were focused on what you had done, because you had just killed somebody. >> im sorry it happened. [ crying ] im sorry. >> reporter: prosecutors continues to push. >> you knew that deadly force was unreasonable and unwanted in this circumstance? >> i wouldnt want to hurt anybody. >> reporter: now, wolf ju...

Made to pull over the car. you mentioned that there was some information that maybe there was some other warrant that you learned with at that time? you didnt discuss any of that with officer lick, did you? >> he would have had the same warrant? >> none that i mentioned. none of it was even discussing with officer lucky at the time that you pulled over the car, fair? >> i dont remember if we talked about it or not. >> okay. but in any case you pull over the car, and officer lucky approaches the ...

Doctors included in that meeting, jim. this paints a very damning picture and notably cnn reached out to the people named in this committee report. we also have reached out to are corroboration of these allegations in this report. jim? >> sunlen serfaty, thanks so much. next hour, the former minnesota police officer charged with manslaughter for the fatal shooting of daunte wright will be back in court. kim potter expected to take the stand today. well bring that to you live when it happens. ...