that training broke down. this is what happened. i shot him. oh, my god. kim, sit down. oh, my god. it was the worst mistake anyone entrusted with using deadly force can make. during her cross examination, potter admitted that wright never threatened her or the other officers. never saw a gun? no. he never threw a punch? no. never kicked anyone? no. never said, i m going to kill you? no. never said, i m going to shoot you? no. never said, there s a gun in the car and i m coming after you? no. yet, she fired and wright died. i m sorry it happened. i m so sorry. her show of remorse did not, in the end, move the jury. at least not enough to acquit. we the jury on the charge of manslaughter in the first degree, while committing a misdemeanor, on or about april 11, 2021, in the state of minnesota, find the defendant guilty. we the jury on the charge of manslaughter in the second degree, culpable negligence on or about april 11, 2021, in the
d.c. recording a record number of cases. across the country, crushing lines for tests. it will be weeks before 500 million additional tests promised by president biden will be available. if you go to the pharmacy, we hear it over and over again, empty shelves, no test kits. is that a failure? no, i don t think it is a failure. we re nearly two years into the pandemic, you re a year into the presidency, empty shelves, no test kits in some places three days before christmas when it is so important, is that good enough? no. nothing has been good enough. but look where we are. we re in a situation now where we have 200 million people fully vaccinated. and some very good news. a new pill getting approval today, a day after the fda green lit pfizer s pill. new data from the uk bolster hope that omicron is milder, less deadly than delta. public health experts are also clear vaccines reduce spread, protect against severe illness, and a major battle is rampant, misinformatio
let s go outfront. good evening, i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, a covid death every minute. this is where we are tonight. about every 60 seconds, another american is dying of covid. that is the grim reality we are in the united states. covid again tightening its grip on the country. today president biden meeting with his top health officials and he had this warning about the highly contagious omicron variant. it s here now and it s spreading and it s going to increase. for unvaccinated, we are looking at a winter of severe illness and death if you re unvaccinated. for themselves, their families and the hospitals they ll soon overwhelm. it is a sobering warning and cases are increasing incredibly fast in vaccinated and unvaccinated. take new york city. the number of those testing positive doubled from december 9th to the 12th. doubled in three days. the mayor s health advisor tweeting we ve never seen this before in new york city. and the rush of new cases is having
a sobering warning as covid cases across the united states continue to increase, and fast. this as the cdc voted to recommend pfizer, moderna over johnson & johnson s vaccine due to side effect concerns. plus anger boiling over inside the democratic party as a key part of joe biden s agenda is now in jeopardy. and the wild and dangerous weather hammering the united states as typhoon rai barrels across the philippines. we re live for you at the world weather center. announcer: live from london, this is cnn newsroom with isa soares. welcome to the show, everyone. it is friday, december 17th. we begin this hour with a surge in covid cases across the united states and really dire warnings that things are about to get worse. officials are scrambling to stem the spread of not one, but two highly contagious variants, both delta and omicron infections are climbing fast just as the holidays are approaching. cnn s nick watt has the story for you. reporter: covid-19 case
right now, 37 states detected the new variant. west virginia becoming the latest. in new york, the positivity test rate is doubling at a speed never seen before. forcing officials to debate whether new year s eve at times square, expecting a return to prepandemic crowds of thousands, should be canceled now. in a sports world, the nba and nfl and nhl are all changing covid-19 protocols in hopes of preventing the cancellations of games. and this year s miss world competition in puerto rico is now postponed after 23 of the 97 contestants tested positive. we should say this as well, amidala amid all the warnings there is a silver lining. despite record-breaking daily case rates, hospital admissions continue to be lower than previous waves. still, g-7 health ministers are calling omicron the biggest current threat to global public health. our team following all of the latest. let s begin with shimon prokupecz on the ground in new york city. this positivity rate in new york, this i