under nine years as part of this. and between them, though, the prosecution will argue for what s known as aggravating factors to tack onto sort of the recommended guidelines within the state of minnesota here along with we ll hear victim impact statements, people that were who have had their lives changed from this who will argue that the sentence should be more severe than what the guidelines show. another note i want to make known is daunte wright s mother today said that his favorite number was 23, and here comes this conviction on the 23rd of december, john. omar, thank you so much for being there. perspective now from two distinguished criminal defense attorneys. sarah, were you surprised by the verdict? because we were all together last night talking about this as the jury finished for the day, no questions yesterday, and there had been some notion they might be hung.
more than half of them will pretend to be a christmas parcel delivery. i ll look at how you can spot the real ones, from the fakes. on a dramatic night of league cup football, liverpool stage a late fight back against leicester, to eventually reach the semi finals in a penalty shoot out. good morning. it isa it is a cloudy start to the day. some rain around, they heaviest of what is coming in from the west. but for most of us it will be unseasonably mild. details coming later. good morning. it s thursday, the 23rd of december. our main story. the omicron variant may cause milder illness than delta, according to two early studies, with patients less likely to need hospital treatment. scientists say the research is good news to a degree , but a big wave of infections in unvaccinated people could yet overwhelm the health service. the government says it is continuing to monitor coronavirus data. here s our health correspondent,
the road to justice for us all. reporter: he went on to say potter who is in custody without bail seen her smiling in her latest mug shot after she was convicted on two counts of manslaughter for killing daunte wright, she will still have the chance to correspond end speak to her family, daunte wright will not. sentencing is set for february 18th which based on the guidelines she will likely be in the range of a little over six years and a little under nine years for that sentence. but when it comes to today, daunte wright s mother said 23 was his favorite number and here we are with this verdict on the 23rd of december. wolf. i want you to stick around. stay with us. i have some more questions for you. i want to bring in cnn legal analyst joey jackson and laura coates. laura, are you surprised potter was found guilty on both charges? well, you know, given the earlier in the week question about the idea, what would happen if we can t reach
scientists say they re cautiously optimistic , but warn the sheer number of infections could still lead to hospitals being overwhelmed. new covid restrictions in wales pubs and restaurants say they could be crippled by the measures. on a dramatic night of league cup football, liverpool stage a late fight back against leicester, to eventually reach the semi finals, in a penalty shoot out. good morning. it is not as cold a start to the day as it was yesterday but there is the risk of ice across parts of scotland. more cloud, we have got some heavy rain in the us. unseasonably mild for most. details later in the programme. good morning. it s thursday the 23rd of december. our main story. the omicron variant may cause milder illness than delta, according to two early studies, with patients less likely to need hospital treatment. scientists say the
sorry about that. it must have been the breaker. i had to push that button and it popped on. slowly zoom out and see us because we are getting closer and closer to christmas. and christmas this year. a little bit more normal than last year but because of the latest variant, the city is somewhat gutted yet there are a lot of people here. it s not tumble weeds like it was. there is still a fraction of the people that we saw walking in the streets. but there is a huge line to get tested. steve: sure. absolutely. you know, a lot of people aren t coming because of omicron but also crime and whatever. but, it s the day before the day before christmas. and it s a happy day. we just saw our christmas tree with the nutcrackers and i don t know if you can see, carley and brian, but i have got nutcrackers today on my necktie. we have themeatic. one other thing about the this day 23rd of december. today is a really good day to