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Contempt. congress grilling the head of instagram, after internal documents show the social media platform can harm the mental health of young women, especially teenage girls. and testimony as a manslaughter trial begins in minnesota for a former police officer who shot and killed dahntay wright during a traffic spot, claiming she accidently mistook her gun for her taser. i want to bring in now former gop congressman charlie dent and cnn's senior analyst -- good evening to both of you. elly, now mark meadows is sooning the committee. is he afraid of trump or is this a stalling tactic? >> it's ...

She was unresponsive, and he looked dead. >> reporter: bryant testified a neighbor then drove her to the scene about ten miles outside minneapolis. she identified her son in the middle of a street, by his sneakers. >> it was the worst day of my life. >> reporter: defense attorneys arguing there was a warrant for wright's arrest, and he resisted. >> he had to be arrested on the warrant. >> reporter: both sides focusing on potter pulling her gun instead of the taser. >> taser, taser, taser. >> a key issue in the case for you is what was her conscious thought as to whether or not she had a taser ...

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 potter's own words against her. >> adrian, thank you so much now. i want to bring in now the attorney for daunte wright's family. i appreciate you joining us this evening. >> good evening, don. thank you so much. >> we just hear...

What they are trying to do, the charges that are filed and how they presented the evidence so far and the arguments that they have made in opening statements, everything fits. they have multiple lanes in which they can obtain a conviction here, as long as they can explain those jury instructions to the jury, they're doing a very good job so far. because those charges that are against potter right now, like i said, there are multiple ways in which the jury can find the path for a conviction. >> how is the family taking the defense arguing that potter is just a human being who made a mistake? i ...