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Katie wright pleaded for the former police officer, kim potter, to get the maximum sentence for killing her son. >> she never once said his name. and for that, i'll never be able to forgive you. >> reporter: potter, who had been on the force for 26 years, was convicted of first-degree manslaughter two days before christmas. >> taser! >> reporter: potter says she meant to tase wright during a traffic shot last april. >> i just shot him! i grab the wrong gun! >> reporter: but pulled her gun instead, shooting wright once in the chest. when her time to speak came, a tearful potter looked directly ...

Reach a consensus? and now, moving forward, we are running up right into christmas eve and christmas is coming up very quickly on -- on friday. and the judge has indicated that she would not hold these jurors over christmas eve and christmas, and that if needed, we would start up again next week. so, you get the feeling that something has to give here. now, as you mentioned, what they are trying to decide on or the crux of it is whether kim potter was justified when she shot and killed daunte wright during a traffic stop back in april of this year. potter has claimed she mistook her taser for ...

Family from bosnia. >> they had a lot of kids. they would go outside, playing and all that. just seeing this right now, man, this is devastating. >> reporter: and we have new information on the horrific scale of the tornado that ripped through mayfield and dawson springs, kentucky. the national weather service says that tornado had a maximum width of a mile or more, had peak winds of 190 miles an hour, and was on the ground for at least 128 miles. brian todd, cnn, mayfield, kentucky. >> thank you, brian. now, the prosecution in the trial of former minneapolis cop kim potter charged in the sh...

Arrest somebody on a warrant, and the person pulls away, the officer can't just shoot them? >> of course not. >> reporter: potter is accused of shooting wright after she said she mistakenly pulled her gun and instead of her taser during a traffic stop earlier this year. both use of force experts agreed potter intended to pull her taser. >> i shot him. >> reporter: but the question remains, why did the officer whose former colleagues call her peaceful and law-abiding pull her gun instead. and, wolf, court ended early today. the defense said it will call two witnesses to testify tomorrow. the pe...

Anything. >> reporter: today the jury seeing more new police video as prosecutors focus on what happened in the minutes right after the shooting wright's car taking off, jumping a median crashing into an oncoming vehicle. >> put your hands up >> reporter: police testifying the first officers to arrive had no idea one of their own had shot wright. one even telling the jury he thought wright was still alive. >> did you see movement of the driver >> yes, sir. >> and that would be indicating that at that point in time the driver was still alive, correct >> yes, sir. >> reporter: prosecutors say th...