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Chauvin and now guilty on both counts the manslaughter convictions of officer kim potter here. and we heard a lot from people in minneapolis in omar's reporting about finally they feel they're seeing accountability. >> reporter: and i've been trading texts with people in the community, some of the folks who were calling for the firing of kim potter immediately after they learned she had shot and killed daunte wright. if you saw me looking down, that's what was going on. i want to read the cheering from one activist who said, i am absolutely overwhelmed and joyful. full justice would be having ...

About losing. they are worried about a guilty verdict and asking for a mistrial basically to try to lock in the tie because that's the best they think they can get at this point. strategically they are worried one or more people holding out might change their mind under deliberations or under instruction on the law which they have now gotten and that they will end up losing and get a unanimous guilty verdict. the other big point we learned today is the questions about the murder and manslaughter charge show that the jury is still thinking about both of the charges. murder obviously much more s...

They're looking for money to be able to cover those expenses. >> i know there'll be other lawsuits as well. i want to bring in former federal prosecutor sonny hostin and criminal defense attorney mark geragos. sonny, do you believe the d.a. has a shot? to ed's point, the judge gave probation for four manslaughter convictions it's unlikely she'll give a greater penalty in a lesser offense. >> i don't think so. i think you have a disparity. this is a gift for this judge. people are calling for her removal. i think she should be removed. this was borderline an illegal sentence. it was way too len...

Did a very good job, all right? >> thank you. girl's ordeale did do a good lasted about 14 minutes. investigators say they found drugs and stolen guns inside the house. and they are still looking for two more suspects. well, a day after an italian court inexplicably sentenced a group of scientists to prison because they failed to predict a deadly earthquake back in 2009. some of those sign -- scientist colleagues are quitting in protest. four top disaster experts say they simply cannot properly do their own work after yesterday's manslaughter convictions of six scientists and exgovernment offi...