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Welcome to the beat. i'm in for ari melber. we have a lot to get to, including a guilty verdict in the trial of former minnesota police officer kimberly potter. outpouring of reaction after she's convicted of manslaughter in the killing of donte wright. plus, i talk live to a nobel prize winning economist as biden and manchin try to reach a deal. we start with covid cases exploding on the single busiest travel day of 2021. kicks off the busiest travel week. an estimated 100 million drivers hitting the road, over 6 million passengers. a map of states where omicron is now present. your eyes do n...

Professionals to respond to certain calls and they were law-enforcement officers but those officials issued statements praising law-enforcement for their efforts and swift response. >> matt finn, thank you very much. raking tonight, state police in delaware have arrested five people found in congressman barry scanlon's vehicle in connection with that carjacking. the jury and the trial of forme minnesota police officer jill deliberating after 24 hours of sequestered discussion over three days and hardly a word from them to the court only asking a handful of questions they did ask yesterday what...

It is day two of deliberations in the trial of kim potter, the former minnesota police officer says she mistook her gun for a taser when she fatally shot donte wright in april. late today the jury asked questions what to do if they can't reach a verdict, raising the possibility of a hung jury the judge repeated her initial instructions and told them to continue working also tonight, there are new threats from russia against nato and america is responding as russia continues to mass a huge military force on the border with ukraine andrea mitchell with late details. >> reporter: tonight, new t...

The defence has rested in the trial of a Minnesota police officer charged in the fatal shooting of Black mo...

It just -- it just went chaotic. >> reporter: former officer kimberly potter testifying in her own defense about the traffic stop that led to her shooting and killing donte wright. >> i remember yelling taser, taser, taser and nothing happened and then he told me, i shot him. >> reporter: potter says she thought her gun was her taser. and that while police stopped wright for an illegal air freshener and expired license plates, they tried to arrest him when a records check revealed an outstanding arrest warrant for a case involving a weapon potter testified she feared for the safety of another ...