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Officer kim potter have begun laying out their case, calling their first witness on thursday. a use of force expert testified it was reasonable for potter to pull what she thought was her taser on daunte wright, directly contradicting prosecution witness who testified a day before. cnns josh campbell has the latest for you. >> your honor, the state rests. >> reporter: the prosecution resting thursday morning in the manslaughter trial of former officer kim potter. >> i shot him, oh, my god! >> re...

Seriously and the company says it is working with law enforcement. >> dana: david lee miller thank you for the update. >> bill: minnesota watching this as well live look inside the courtroom high profile manslaughter trial underway in the shooting death of daunte wright, former police officer kim potter expected to be on the stand testifying in her own defense. ted williams with a moment with a look at the law and the testimony when she takes the stand for this body cam video incident. watch. >>...

>> miss potter, do you still want to testify, or have you changed your mind? >> yes, your honor, ill testify. >> erin, the testimony of this former officer could come as early as tomorrow morning. it is a bold move for a defendant to take the stand, but it signals that her attorneys are likely confident enough that she will be seen by the jury as believable. of course taking the stand also opens her up to certain risks. she will be cross-examined by a team of prosecutors who have no doubt spent ...

>> i believe they were just put in storage at the police department. >> and those tasers were all yellow, right? >> yes. >> the handle, the top, the whole thing was yellow? >> except for the battery pack. i believe that was black and there were some markings on the side. >> okay. im going to show you these tasers, show you this taser. >> objection, your onnor. can we have a sidebar, please. >> yes. >> im john king in washington. a quick break. prosecutors asking for a sidebar conversation with t...

Brooklyn center police officers discovered wright had an outstanding warrant for a misdemeanor weapons violation. when the officer potter was training tried to arrest wright, he struggled to get back in the car, and potter fired. >> i shot him! oh, my god. >> reporter: prosecutors arguing potter acted recklessly and negligently regardless of her intent, pressing her about her training in taser use. whether she should have known the difference between her taser, holstered on her left, and her gun...

Plus anger boiling over inside the democratic party as a key part to bidens agenda is now in serious jeopardy. and the officer when shot and killed daunte wright after mistakenly grabbing her gun instead of her taser is preparing to take the stand. >> do you still want to testify or have you changed your mind? >> yes, your honor, ill testify. ray loves vacations. but his diabetes never seemed to take one. everything felt like a no. everything. but then ray went from no to know. with freestyle ...

Give your business the gift of savings today. comcast business. powering possibilities. theres breaking news in the trial of former police officer kim potter, charged in the shooting death of daunte wright. closing arguments are now

Injured, true? >> yes. >> and to communicate to other officers what you know about a particular scene, right? >> yes. >> give them whatever information you can to help them do their jobs to render assistance? >> yes. >> you didnt do any of those things on april 11th, did you? >> no. [crying]. >> you stopped doing your job completely? you didnt communicate what happened over the radio, right? >> [crying]. no. >> you didnt make sure any officer knew what you had just done, right? >> no. [sobbing]....

Butler, thank you both for joining to us start off the show today. coming up, a bombshell report on trumps covid response as scenes today evoke the earliest days of the pandemic. well talk to an expert about what to expect. plus a dramatic day in the murder trial of the police officer who killed daunte wright. plus voting rights and a key meeting today in the senate. stay with us on "the beat." seat. ♪♪ if you wanna look fresh, fresh. you gotta eat fresh. eat fresh. thats why subway bo...

Fating shooting of daunte wright. kim potter taking the stand in her own defense, breaking down. she was pressed on training for her taser after saying she mistook her handgun for her taser. stephanie ramos with the testimony. and we warn you, the images are difficult. >> reporter: tonight, former minnesota police officer kim potter breaking down in court. sobbing on the stand at her trial. she is charged with manslaughter in the fatal shooting of 20-year-old daunte wright during a traffic stop....