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prosecutors said a senior officer should have known the difference. potter, of course, has pleaded not guilty. her lawyers have said this entire episode has been a tragic mistakes. the jurors will be sequestered on monday and we ll see what happens. joining us is joey jackson, and cnn s senior legal analyst laura coates. she s got a brand-new book about to be released entitled just pursuit, a black prosecutor s fight for fairness. we ll talk about the books in the weeks ahead. did potter s testimony today help or hurt her case? it was extremely compelling to humanize her for the jurors, to have her be more than a robot, to demonstrate that this was something consistent frankly with what the prosecution and defense have already said, in terms of her attempt to pull one weapon and not the other. the distinction, though, however, is for the prosecution,
it. stand by for our exclusive reporting. also tonight, the defense rested in the trial of kim potter, who took the stand to tell her side of the story about the moment she shot and daunte wright. did she help the case or make the prosecution s case easier? i m wolf blitzer. you re in officee the situation room. we begin our coverage this evening with a growing alarm right now over the omicron variant s rise here in the united states. let s get straight to cnn s senior national correspondent kyung lah t it s beginning to feel like the early days of the pandemic. reporter: yeah, it certainly is, with omicron spreading so rapidly, there is a new and urgent message from the top of the medical experts, dr. fauci
of dr. gupta s special report, weed 6. just ahead, exclusive new cnn reporting on the january 6th investigation. members of the select committee probing the insurrection now believe they know the identity of the person who sent chief of staff meadows a text, urging states to overturn legal votes on election night. the one desire you are, you are, don t wanna hear you say. i want it that way
of the union on sunday. that s at 9:00 and noon eastern, only on cnn. you can follow me on twitter, facebook, instagram and tiktok. our coverage continues right next door with one mr. wolf blitzer, in a place i like to call the situation room. see you sunday morning. happening now, dr. anthony foiism warns americans they have virtually no protection from the omicron variant unless they get a booster shot. the expert now warns a viral blizzard is about to slam the united states. we re also following breaking news of the january 6th investigation. committee members believe that rick perry was the author of a text pushing mark meadows to undermine the election just after the polls closed. former secretary perry denies