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Who knew not to get it dead wrong, but she failed. >> reporter: wright was initially pulled over in april upon an expired tag, and an air freshener. potter then tells wright he has an outstanding warrant, and another officer attempts to arrest him. body camera shows the shooting. >> taser, taser, taser. holy [ bleep ], i just shot him. >> reporter: the prosecutor using potters own words against her. >> adrian, thank you so much now. i want to bring in now the attorney for daunte wrights family. ...

Its another emotional day in the manslaughter trial of the former police officer charged in the shooting death of daunte wright. wright was killed last april near minneapolis. wrights girlfriend was in the car with him at the time, and she broke down in tears on the stand this morning. >> cnns adrienne broaddus is in minneapolis for us, so tell us what happened in the courtroom. >> reporter: alisyn, another painful day of testimony. the morning started with that testimony from the woman who said...

Responded. youve got brand-new body camera video of the crash that happened after daunte wright reentered the car, was shot, and the car sped off and crashed into another vehicle. that responding officer was answering questions from the prosecution. and you got a sense the prosecution was trying to underscore the idea that kim potter, after she says she used her gun instead of her taser, she never radioed that in to anyone. she didnt tell any other officers that it was an accident. so, what happ...

>> ill tase you! >> reporter: her attorney said potter was afraid her partner was in danger and she pulled trigger of her weapon thinking it was her taser. >> why else would she say it? she made a mistake. this was an accident. she is a human being. but she had to do what she had to do to prevent a death to a follow officer, too. >> reporter: daunte wrights mother was the first witness to take the stand. she was distraught as she told jurors about the day her son was killed. >> it was the worst ...

Witness jurors heard from today was a rookie officer who was in the patrol car with kim potter on that day as they pulled daunte wright over. he was asked by defense counsel about the neighborhood. he said this was a dangerous neighborhood. there are oftentimes where they would pull over drivers who had weapons. now, upon further questioning by the prosecutor, he conceded there was no weapon that they found inside that car. of course, one of the most compelling parts of his testimony was not any...

I was just screaming like they just shot him. and then i pointed the camera on him and i was so sorry. >> reporter: during that traffic stop in april, potter, a 26-year veteran of the force, says she mistook her handgun for a taser after wright struggled to get away from another officer trying to arrest him for a misdemeanor warrant. >> i grabbed the wrong [ bleep ] gun. i shot him. oh, my god. oh, my god. >> reporter: you can see her collapse to the ground moments after the shooting. >> im goin...

Of republicans who think january 6th was a legitimate protest might actually see it for what it really was. >> good point. there were many, many fox news employees at the capitol that day. >> there are. and, look, we had employees there. and i used to work there. and i was thinking about what it would be like to be in that building and thats what it was for every staffer who was in there, so many. it was members of congress. but it was a lot of journalists as well. and i understand that theyre s...

Under siege. dr. fauci is here answering your questions. also tonight the powerful testimony, the mother of daunte wright in tears on the stand at the trial of kimberly potter, the former officer accused of killing her son the defense saying potter mistook her gun for her taser. the never before seen images of jeffrey epstein and ghislaine maxwell shown at her sex trafficking trial. what they reveal. the january 6th committee moving to hold former trump chief of staff mark meadows in conte...

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Alaina, barely able to get through what she had to say without having to cry. how is this being received inside the courtroom by the jury, shaq? is there anything you can tell us about that? >> reporter: yeah, and you know, there was actually one interesting moment where you heard alaina apologize to katie almost in a whisper, katie being daunte wrights mother, saying, im sorry i showed you dauntes condition in that video. the jurors have been paying very close attention. theyve been leaning in ...