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> . she faces manslaughter charges after shooting duante wright after a routine traffic stop. we have the latest from minneapolis. >> im sorry about this. >> you didnt plan to use deadly force that day, did you? >> no. >> you knew that deadly force was unreasonable and unwarranted in those circumstances? >> i didnt want to hurt anybody. >> reporter: under cross examine nation by the prosecution, former minnesota police officer kim potter wept. >> you stopped doing your job completely? you did...

Family home and moved out of the state. >> have you been in therapy? >> yes. >> do you still work as a police officer there? >> no. >> why did you quit? >> there was so much bad things happening, i didnt want my co-workers and anything bad to happen to the city. >> reporter: potter is facing first and second-degree manslaughter charges. shes pleaded not guilty to all charges. after the testimony, daunte wrights family called the killing preventible as they prepare to spend their first christmas ...

>> on cross examination, prosecutors laid out much of the training potter received during her 26 years as an officer including on the use of force and when its appropriate to use force and suggesting someone with her experience should have handled the situation better. >> ultimately was he able to get back in the car? >> yes. >> you never saw a weapon on mr. wright, did you? >> no. >> never saw a gun? >> no. >> he never threw a right? >> no. >> he never kicked anyone? >> no. >> never said im goi...

>> im so sorry. >> reporter: kim potter sobbed as she described what happened at the traffic stop that ended with duante wrights death. >> i remember yelling, "taser, taser, taser!" and nothing happened. and then he told me i shot him. >> taser, taser, taser! >> reporter: potters defense insists she made a deadly mistake. >> i just shot him! yes! >> reporter: pulling her glock pistol when she thought she was grabbing a taser, and then firing a single bullet into wrights chest. the defense says w...

Against omicron. dr. anthony fauci says some of the antigen tests may not detect the variant. and as christmas approaches, doctors have this dire warning: >> i think we need to be prepared for a surge in the coming few weeks. the wave thats coming will likely be the biggest one. >> reporter: and one reason for concern here in new york: the state just hit 21,000 daily cases, the highest its been since the pandemic began. and half of them are in new york city. norah. >> odonnell: incredible to thi...

Through this course of this trial from duante wrights family and the officer who she was training. gentlemen, thank you. brian claypool and leo terrell. great to have you with us. >> thank you. >> martha: also breaking today, the cdc now backs what its former director predicted here on "the story" four months ago. watch this. >> sadly im going to predict that within two, three, four months well have another variant and that variant will be more infectious than the delta variant. >> martha: indee...

Taser, taser." and nothing happened. and then he told me i shot him. >> martha: potter pleaded not guilty to manslaughter. shes facing first degree and second degree manslaughter are the options the jury will be considering. she could face 15 years in prison. garrett tenney has been following this for us. he joins us now. hi, garrett. >> yeah, martha. this was not easy for kim potter. she became overcome with emotion repeatedly throughout the day. any time that she was forced to relive this trag...

They head in to closing arguments monday. martha? >> martha: thank you, garrett, very much. lets bring in leo terrell, fox news contributor and attorney brian claypool. good to have you with us, gentlemen. this is very emotional testimony. i should point out that we have seen emotional testimony from duante wrights family as well over the course of this trial. leo, cupable negligence is what the this jury would need to find she had in order to charge her with manslaughter and to find her guilty ...

Assistance, right? >> yes. >> you didnt do any of those things on april 11th, did you? >> no. >> 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 right? >> no. >> you didnt run down the street and try to save duante wrights life, did you? >> no. >> you didnt check on the other car that had been hit? >> no. >> that all happened down the road from you. >> yes. >> you were focused on what y...

Prosecutors have rested their case against Kim Potter, the Minnesota police officer charged in the shooting death of Black motorist Daunte Wright.