after a night out with college friends in charlottesville. five weeks later, her remains were discovered in a nearby abandoned property. >> they couldn't quite put their finger on it. it just didn't seem right. >> alexis had not been found and unsure whether or not the cases are connected. prosecutors build a murder case for the teenager based on evidence from taylor's camper. >> so at that point, i started researching homicides without a body, and i ran across a case in virginia from the 1980s. her killer has been convicted, and he's in the department of corrections. >> then, in an unprecedented move, prosecutor anthony martin charges randy with alexis's murder. >> we should not reward a person by not charging him with murder just because they're good at hiding the body. >> a jury of five men and seven women found randy taylor guilty of first degree murder and abduction with intent to defile. he's given two life sentences. then, in a stunning turn of events in nelson county, just two months after randy taylor's murder conviction, this bombsh

in charlottesville it was civil war statues and metastasized. a lot of people there with grievances, anger at the government, covid restrictions or some of the same motivation in charlottesville. i think those events show the real divide in this country is no longer left versus right. it's insiders versus outsiders. people who believe in institutions, in government, in media, in science, in higher education and people that just don't think that those institutions work for them. that is bigger than any one politician. i think president trump has sort of exacerbated that, but he didn't create it and it will likely extend beyond his presidency. >> you both have experience with the pardon power and how it works. donald trump gets out there today. he talks about making canada the 51st state. he talks about getting greenland and getting the panama canal. all just the idiot bait for someone who is up there actually selling something he is going to do, which is pardon january 6th convicts, people that have been convicted. when you look at what he's plan

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book like this was when i was sitting in my living room watching the unite the right rally in charlottesville, virginia. and watched amlo torchlight parade of young men chanting you will not replace us. and i knew something had gotten really off-track in the american, the great american families fight over immigration. and i started to look at what you do when you're starting a a book project, clipping out articles, saving files and starting to write a pitch. things only got worse from there on. as a worldwide crisis in sudden migration people fling their home countries got worse, and america really, it wasn't a great moment for the way we handle it and wait we talked to each other about it. >> host: when you start your research event what did you find? >> guest: that immigrants for the united states, other been a lot of them in the last two generations, have higher levels of workforce participation, lower levels of involvement with the criminalow justice system, d higher levels of education than earlier generations of immigrants. they are undoubtedly a net plus to the united states. and at t

>> there's a lot that connects charlottesville to january 6th that's developed in the book and one of core thing, nicole is both of those incidents started with a core impetus, one issue that sort of became, metastasized into a forum for grievance and anger and the civil war statues and are we going to tear them down or leave them up? that became an argument about race and replacement theory is christian nationalism. the capitol started about the election and there were a lot of people there that were angry about covid restrictions or some of the same people about charlottesville, angry about dei program. so what we have in this country, i believe, as the fundamental division is no longer left versus right, but it's people who trust in institutions and those that are really angry at them and that's why what vice president harris said to me at the very end when she was walking out of the chamber about the necessity is so important. >> everyone has to fight for our democracy every day. >> absolutely. one of two reactions to that lack of faith in institutions, anger, like we saw in charl

some of it is anger, and unfortunately, we've seen spasms of anger, like charlottesville and like january 6th. the other reaction, though, is apathy. and my fear is that a lot of people in this country say, you know what, it doesn't matter. and they're all crooked. those institutions don't work for me, and they withdraw from precipitation. that gives outsize authority with people with perspectives that aren't particularly mainstream. and i think that's really dangerous. we have to combat anger and apathy just as much. >> talk about apathy for a second here. because, what are your feelings today on january 6th? i mean, you were immersed inin issues surrounding january 6th 2021. when you were working with that committee, investigating all of this, could you have imagined a moment when donald trump was facing a new inauguration at the same place that was stormed by rioters supporting him? >> no. hard to imagine that we would be back here. what's going to happen today, john, is what has happened historically, and ideally will happen hencefort, which is essentially, a rad tification of what th

it's happened in germany and france, but also in new york city and charlottesville, virginia. why are terrorists opting for soft targets for this kind of attack? >> because it's a lot easier. keep in mind, andrea, that the real focus of any terrorist attack is to inflict fear. and they clearly do. that car ramming is easy. all you have to do is find a place that you can get a vehicle into a crowd. unfortunately, it's been at markets. it's been on sidewalks sometimes, particularly in europe, where bad guys have literally just driven up on the sidewalk on any street that you or i or anybody else could walk down and just mowed people down. very difficult to defend against. but isis knows that. and so car ramming is just sort of one of those things that they encourage people to do. >> should people be afraid when they're going to big public events? >> do you think about the number of places we typically go to baseball games, football games, basketball games, concerts, etc? obviously, there's a lot of people at those events. they tend not to go after those events because they're to

one of the points i make in the book is that in looking into what happened in charlottesville and whatat the capitol, people have to realize they're both real forums for anger at institutions. charlottesville started as a protest about civil war statutes, but it became a broad forum that people were anger at the direction of the country, they thought the government was leading them astray. similarly at the capitol, election fraud were the main impetus, but there were people there angry about covid restrictions or some people were angry about race and things on display in charlottesville. the division is not right versus left, it's people who believe in institutions and those who do not. that fundamental undercurrent of cynicism that people have about government, about the media, about higher education, about science. that is the undercurrent, i think, that also, largely, in my view, explains what happened with the election. the president-elect tapped into that. >> timothy, it's still with us. you read the letters that were left by the vet who served america honorably for years, who ble

a job and charles will allow charlottesville is certainly rejected. that proposal from 5 percent of economic output is over $200.00 euros per year. the federal budget is now at 490000000000, approximately not exactly. that's a lot of money. i think it's better to focus on the pass that nato has agreed on long ago, namely to take a closer look at what our capability goals are. the structure, the 2 does, it's a 3 or 5 per cent or basically irrelevant. the decisive factor is that we do what is necessary to defend ourselves from a former of what donald trump is proposing is unrealistic. we won't end up with 5 percent. 3.5 percent is roughly what is currently being discussed in nato as a medium term goal. so here we are, the german politicians falling all over themselves amid the current parliamentary election campaign trying to show german folders that they just are going to fall in line with more defense spending. when the country that colonized germany with us military bases, demands that especially when the incoming president of that country is donald

in his mind, he said, in charlottesville, it was a right wing extremists. this for years.s. yet when the report came out, the dod under the bidenic administration basically buried it. 17alit from an in your exams, never mind that is not our biggest problem. our problem is you have a people that can get radicalized, and can do something very quickly,ea they are also american citizensh and thisis guy a new orleans, hopefully under the drumbeat administration people rethink some things,nist and they have things in the super bowl, it will be super security tight. there ise a reason people haveg lack of confidence about going to these events. >> harold: your thoughts about this? >> greg: this morning i saw a "new york times", i get an email, a thorough list of alld the recent isis inspired attack ththat it was so strange, it was suddenly okay, if he had done it would be as homophobic. a i senswae there is a shift away from critical race theory, to actual terrorism because the election is over.st if youuf pointed to the stuff ot when your team was in power that i

commemorating trump's praise for the white nationalists and neo-nazis who marched with tiki torches in charlottesville, virginia, saying things like "jews will not replace us." someone later destroyed the tiki torch in d.c. by smashing it to bits with a skateboard. not sure exactly what was going on there. again, all these works of art went up right before the election, and of all of them the one that got the most attention is actually another one that went up in d.c. nearby to the tiki torch statue, but specifically it was on the national mall. and it, you know, actually stayed up on the national mall for kind of a long time. it went up in late october, it stayed up right through the election. the people who made it apparently properly went through the formal process of getting a permit to have this thing put up and stood up on the national mall so it was fully legal to be there, and it was there for a while. and this one on the national mall got the most attention not only because of where it was right there amid the monuments and everything on the mall in washington, but it also got attention becau

and 2020 was launched on a lie and he proceeded to live for the last four years, on the lie of charlottesvillemp never said that kkk and neo-nazis were fine people, that was a lot. he said it was a battle for the soul of the nation and then corrupted the soul of the nation, he lied he would not pardon his son hunter, then dating this blanket pardon to 2018, lying to us about his son's business dealings. then you look at the fact of fire and military heroes, experimental vaccines they did not do what he said would do, the weaponization of government against joe biden and pro-life catholics, the censorship of government in the list goes on. i think his lasting legacy will be corruption of our institutions and an increased distrust in them. >> martha: we will see, this is a point we reflect jimmy carter's legacy as president biden exits the stage, a one-term president as well. i think that is a lot of interesting comparisons history may make over time as we look back. we will stay focused on this breaking news and we thank you all for stopping by, good to see you both. back to the breaking news,

combine lies with apeacem appeasement, that is what joe biden does he launched his campaign on charlottesville aments he gives you the truth without the facts behind it. you can go through this speech. with pete hegseth there is a choir principle involved in military, do you trust your commanders, do they have your back as you have theirs, whether you are in platoon or sergeant or company commander, that needs to be there. that is what pete hegseth bridges to the table -- bridges to table, contrary to what biden put on table with lloyd austin and other chiefs, with the woke bs he put in military, that didn't make it or didn't keep it within the standards that were necessary. but rather the ideology they felt was necessary that took away legacy, so many friends of mine say i tell my kids to not go in and recruitment numbers, the marine corps met them because general mattis spent money to come out with a report that says did not work. if you are not qualified to be a marine. you are not qualified to be on front lines, this is about make it merel merelmere more lethal and effective. they are trai

in the beginning and combine lie withs appeasement what joe biden does and he'll launch on the charlottesvilleand he lied to the nation and world earlier today about the various "accomplishments". he gives you the truth what about the facts behind it including nato and they said this was tram tap did this. go through the speech. when it cops to pete hegseth, there's a core principle involved in the military, do you trust your commanders, do they have your back because you'll have theirs. whether you're in the platoon, the platoon sergeant and company commander, whatever it is, that needs to be there and that's what pete seg health brings to the table and it's contrary to what biden put on the table with lloyd austin and all of the other chiefs that he put in place, with the woke bs he put in the military that didn't keep it within the standards that were necessary and rather ideology theyfelt felt were necessary and telling my kids not to go in and look at recruitment numbers and all the marine corp. met recruitment numbers and general mattis spent money to come out with a report saying it doe

joining us, tim heaphy, he is the author of harbingers, what january 6 in charlottesville reveal aboutressing threats to american democracy. you wrote a book, tim heaphy? >> yes, i was involved in both investigations. there's a lot of parallels between the book and the book draws those parallels and zooms out more broadly to drive lessons about where we are is a democracy. >> i appreciate the fact you made that link, timothy, in this book. i really do. i don't think people get the connection that is at the core of what we see playing out now, and where a lot of those seeds come from. for you, watching the event last night at mar-a-lago where donald trump parades across the stage and elevates in particular respect mr. eastman . it's got to be disheartening but at the same time a recognition of just how much more diligent work has to be done to shore up the framework of this democracy in light of this administration that will relitigate 2020. relitigate the lies to prove that the lies are actually truth. how do you see this framing it and what does it signal to you about trump's moves an

in his mind, he said partly because of charlottesville that it was right wing extremist. this for years. there was concern about it. and yes, when the report came out in a dod under the biden administration basically. it. it was on page 17 of "the new york times." actually, never mind. that is not our biggest problem. our big problem is that you have people who can get radicalized online. they can do something very quickly. they are also american citizens. this guy in new orleans comes with the protections at the constitution affords them. hopefully under the trump administration people rethink some things and have a big event coming up in new orleans in the super bowl. super security tight. everything is going to be fine. there is a reason people have a lack of confidence about going to these events. >> your thoughts about this? speak now this morning i saw in "the new york times" i get there that'll email for the thorough list of all the isis inspired attacks. it could have been from fox news. i had never seen such a thorough list of things. i thought it was so strange.

from charlottesville to a recent attack in germany we saw before christmas. we're told there was an attack in new zealand on new year's eve where a vehicle was used to target police. they're trying to figure out if that might have somehow inspired this killer. >> george: authorities have been worried about an overall heightened terror environment for sometime. >> this is perhaps the most dangerous threat environment since 9/11. i recently spoke to a very senior government official who described his worry that the time between administrations, december to january, is among the most vulnerable times. the bad guys know it and they often want to attack. >> george: pierre thomas, thanks. gio? >> gio: all of it so concerning, george. and security is expected to be tight for the sugar bowl, which was postponed out of respect for the victims of the terror attack. morgan norwood is live at the super dome where the game will be played. good morning, morgan. >> reporter: good morning to you, gio. the notre dame/georgia matchup should have been the highlight of the new y

someone whose very corrupt and even when he launched his candidacy in 2020 it was based on the charlottesville lie. these lies that were told about what donald trump said about that event. he said it was a battle for the nation. a battle for the soul of the nation and since then over the past four years, he's corrupted that soul. he's weaponized the government against political opponents. donald trump as well as these pro-life catholics. he has forced our military heros out of their positions over an experimental vaccine. he has encouraged the mutilation of children's bodies in the name of transgenderrism and encouraged abortions. he gave this blanket and corrupt pardon to his son hunter dating back to 2014 when he joined the burisma holdings. and he also lied to us about it. he told us he wasn't going to pardon him when of course he was going to and then lied about his knowledge of his son's business dealings, so i think he's going to go down as a failed president for a litany of policy failures, but also, as a liar and corrupt. liz: yeah, i mean, by the way just you're looking at a split scr

nationalist, slammed his vehicle into a crowd of counter-protesters at the unite the right rally in charlottesvillevirginia, killing one woman and injuring almost 20 others. analyst peter bergen says vehicle attacks with their blood curdling optics have a distinct psychological impact. >> certainly there is a short term effect where it terrorizes people. people are worried about going out in places where there are a lot of people gathered. >> security analysts say one somewhat common characteristic of these vehicle attacks is that many of them took place in cities where tourism is a key part of the local economy. one official with the new orleans tourism association says it's too early to tell what effect this attack will have on tourism in that city, which was still trying to recover from tourism declines stemming from the covid pandemic and even from hurricane katrina in 2005. brian todd, cnn, washington. >> well, police in montenegro say a gunman who killed at least ten people has died from self-inflicted injuries. the suspect had been on the run from police after opening fire in a restaurant no

and as he has said many times, it was donald trump in charlottesville that finally persuaded him to doto be president. he had long served in the senate, eight years as vice president. he felt he was fully prepared, he felt he was the person to beat donald trump in 2020. and i think he came in with a sense of what he wanted to do. some of which he was able to do. a lot of which was not quite able to do for a variety of reasons. some through his own missteps and failings and some because no president gets to do everything they want to do. amna: in terms of finally making it to the highest office, where did you see mr. biden's biggest the compliments come through in terms of what he prioritized, where he spent his political capital, and what is left undone? annie: the first two years of his presidency was him and his team wrestling with members of congress, going back and forth, and passing legislation to bring semiconductor manufacturing back to the united states, to fix roads and bridges, getting the infrastructure bill passed, to usher in a new green, clean economy, something he is ver

nationalist, slammed his vehicle into a crowd of counterprotesters at the unite the right rally in charlottesvillevirginia, killing one woman and injuring almost 20 others. analyst peter bergen says vehicle attacks with their bloodcurdling optics have a distinct psychological impact. >> certainly there is a short term effect where it terrorizes people. people are worried about going out in places where there are a lot of people gathered. >> security analysts say one somewhat common characteristic of these vehicle attacks is that many of them took place in cities where tourism is a key part of the local economy. one official with the new orleans tourism association says it's too early to tell what effect this attack will have on tourism in that city, which was still trying to recover from tourism declines stemming from the covid pandemic and even from hurricane katrina in 2005. brian todd, cnn, washington. >> our thanks to brian for that report. and i'm brianna keilar. thank you so much for joining me this hour. our breaking news coverage continues with paula newton in atlanta. >> i lay on my back

nationalist, slammed his vehicle into a crowd of counter-protesters at the unite the right rally in charlottesvillerginia, killing one woman and injuring almost 20 others. analyst peter bergen says vehicle attacks with their bloodcurdling optics have a distinct psychological impact. >> certainly, there is a short term effect where it terrorizes people. people are worried about going out in places where there are a lot of people gathered. >> security analysts say one somewhat common characteristic of these vehicle attacks is that many of them took place in cities where tourism is a key part of the local economy. one official with the new orleans tourism association says it's too early to tell what effect this attack will have on tourism in that city, which was still trying to recover from tourism declines stemming from the covid pandemic and even from hurricane katrina in 2005. brian todd, cnn, washington. >> and we'll be back with more in a moment. >> everybody's looking for a hero. chris wanted to change the world. >> people are literally walking because of him. >> i wouldn't have missed this for

nationalist, slammed his vehicle into a crowd of counter-protesters at the unite the right rally in charlottesville, virginia, killing one woman and injuring almost 20 others. analyst peter bergen says vehicle attacks with their blood curdling optics have a distinct psychological impact. >> certainly there is a short term effect where it terrorizes people. people are worried about going out in places where there are a lot of people gathered. >> just devastating violence. cnn's brian todd, with that report. all right. ahead on cnn this morning, the fight to retain the speaker's gavel. could mike johnson keep his job atop the house? plus, a truck explodes outside the trump hotel in las vegas just hours after that terror attack in new orleans. now, police in both states are looking to see if there's a link. >> have i got news for you is back for a new season. whether you like it or not. >> are those the only two choices? >> yes. you like it or you don't? >> i'm on the fence. >> this is going to be a long season. >> have i got news for you returns february 15th. >> power etrade's award winning trading

nationalist, slammed his vehicle into a crowd of counter-protesters at the unite the right rally in charlottesville, virginia, killing one woman and injuring almost 20 others. analyst peter bergen says vehicle attacks with their bloodcurdling optics have a distinct psychological impact. >> certainly, there is a short term effect where it terrorizes people. people are worried about going out in places where there are a lot of people gathered. >> security analysts say one somewhat common characteristic of these vehicle attacks is that many of them took place in cities where tourism is a key part of the local economy. one official with the new orleans tourism association says it's too early to tell what effect this attack will have on tourism in that city, which was still trying to recover from tourism declines stemming from the covid pandemic and even from hurricane katrina in 2005. brian todd, cnn, washington. >> now to security officials in new orleans who are insisting this morning that today's rescheduled sugar bowl between georgia and notre dame will be safe and secure. cnn sports anchor andy sc

nationalist, slammed his vehicle into a crowd of counter-protesters at the unite the right rally in charlottesville, virginia, killing one woman and injuring almost 20 others. analyst peter bergen says vehicle attacks with their blood curdling optics have a distinct psychological impact. >> certainly there is a short term effect where it terrorizes people. people are worried about going out in places where there are a lot of people gathered. >> security analysts say one somewhat common characteristic with vehicle attacks is that many of them have taken place in cities where tourism is a critical part of the local economy. one official with the new orleans tourism association says it's too early to tell what effect this attack will have on tourism in that city, which was still trying to recover from tourism declines stemming from the covid pandemic and even from hurricane katrina in 2005. wolf. >> brian. brian todd reporting for us. brian, thank you very much. brings back a lot of memories to me. i want to bring in right now, cnn national security analyst beth saner. she's a former deputy director o

trump that i mean, in very practical sense, but this was also the era of charlottesville, right? we're now in an area where hard working immigrants in springfield, ohio, are being accused of horrible things in sort of xenophobic attacks. these communities, all of these, you know, are kind of calling deeper, darker moments in american that are kind of coming back out again. the discourse in some sense that when i say that saved about movement, i mean that very literally in the sense that all of these things started happening again becoming regular part of american political discourse. right. as these negative academic results were completely obliterating kind of the original purpose of modern voucher systems, which was to move the needle on student test scores. yeah, well, you mentioned bed mass. i have. and kind of in the same vein as my last question. you know we are watching things happen so fast in and bad math coming out of groups like goldwater institute tend to so rapidly that i think it even me casey point last week we before superintendent horne came out with a press rele