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Remember just looking up. >> reporter: wrights girlfriend telling the court what happened after the shooting. >> i grabbed whatever was in the car. i dont remember, it was a sweater, a towel or blanket or something, and -- i put my hands over his -- i tried to hold it. >> reporter: after wright was shot, he sped away from the scene, bleeding from a gunshot wound to the chest. moments later police dashcam video shows wrights car striking another in a violent crash. his girlfriend called out to po...

Face time behind bars or get probation. well have more on those two stories in about 25 minutes or so. now, emotions were high during a trial in minnesota that involved the killing of a black man by police. 20-year-old daunte wright was shot by former officer kim potter near minneapolis in april. she claimed she killed daunte wright by mistake using her gun when she meant to use a taser. she is now facing manslaughter charges. on thursday wrights girlfriend who was with him during the entire i...

Chicago says they plan to continue pursuing the litigation on that front to give the city back the money they spent to investigate this alleged crime. back to you. >> omar, thank you for that. emotional testimony in another trial from daunte wrights girlfriend. its the trial of a former minneapolis police officer charged in his killing. the girlfriend was in the car when wright was shot by this officer who claims that she mistook her gun for a taser during a traffic stop. >> i was trying to he...

Claim that wright caused his own death. the judge denied that motion for mistrial. court resumes tomorrow morning at 10:00 a.m., and an hour later here in minneapolis, minnesota, because of the expected snowstorm. >> appreciate it. thank you. well be right back. oh yeah, we gotta take off. you downloaded the td ameritrade mobile app so you can quickly check the markets? yeah, actually im taking one last look at my dashboard before we board. excellent. and you have thinkorswim mobile- -so i can f...

Arriving to a scene of under the circumstanceser -- of utter confusion. >> shot fired. >> there were shots fired down there. >> i dont know. i didnt hear that. it was a traffic stop. they had one with a warrant. as im pulling up this way, the car takes off, hits this and crashes here. hes got a gunshot wound. i didnt fire. i have no idea about that. obviously, he got shot between there and here. >> reporter: while on stand, wrights detailed her injuries resulting from the crash. >> my jaw, i rem...

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Daunte wrights girlfriend testified yesterday she was the only person who tried to help him, she tried to stop the bleeding. take a listen. >> i was trying to help him. trying to push on his chest and call his name. and he wasnt answering me. i took my belt off and grabbed whatever was in the car, i dont remember if it was a sweater or a towel or whatever it was, and put it on his chest. >> such an emotional moment. and also just heart breaking as shes relaying what happened. how important will ...

The car. >> put your hands up! put them up. >> wright was unable to comply. >> put your hands up! >> he cant. >> reporter: payton, who suffered a broken jaw, a concussion, and facial lacerations in the crash, was hand cuffed. >> put your hands behind your back. >> jesus. >> are you okay? >> yeah. hes probably not going to make it. >> reporter: several minutes after wright was first shot, new body cam video shows unsuccessful attempts to save his life. >> i understand the defense asked for a mist...

People who have gotten a booster, their antibody levels are such that it really does seem to neutralize the variant. whether well need an omicron-specific vaccine will depend on how well boosters hold up. if boosters hold up for an extended period of time, we wont need it. if they wane, we may need such a vaccine. >> i know theyre already studying it and working on it. dr. ashish jha, thank you very much for joining us. also tonight, were following the trial of the white police officer who shot ...

Very organized theft here. the national retail federation says robberies has jumped nearly 60% from 2015. costs stores $719,000 per $1 billion in sales. all right, coming up for you, jussie smollett found guilty of lying to police about staging that hate crime. were going to walk you through the sentencing hes facing next. and gripping eyewitness testimony from the girlfriend of daunte wright. >> it was a video to see what happened. i was delirious. i was just screaming, they just shot him. ...