cnn's elle reeve has more on this new legal battle. she was there that weekend.tayed on this story ever since. >> jews will not replace us! jews will not replace us! >> i have never, ever seen anything like this. >> it was crazy. so violent. >> it was like a civil war happening. >> on a saturday morning. >> on a saturday morning. >> reporter: tanisha hudson and i came within a few feet of each other on the morning of the unite the right rally. hours before a white supremacist drove a car into a crowd, killing a woman and injuring many people. i interviewed her after. >> this is the face of supremacy. this is what we deal with every day being african-american. i just knew something bad was going to happen that day. i think free speech ends when violence begins, right? i can say what i want, i can't do what i want. >> that's at the center of a federal civil lawsuit against the organizers of the rally that goes to trial this week. >> many of the plaintiffs in our lawsuit were here that evening. they had been peacefully standing there protesting white supremacists co

more tonight from cnn's elle reeve. >> jews will not replace us! jews will not replace us! nything like this, elle. it was crazy. >> it was so violent. >> it was like a civil war happening. >> on a saturday morning. >> on a saturday morning. >> reporter: tenicia hudson and i came within a few feet of each other on the morning of the unite the right rally in 2017. hours before a white supremacist drove a car into a crowd, killing a woman and injuring many people. i interviewed her after. >> this is the face of supremacy. this is what we deal with every day being african-american. i just knew something bad was going to happen that day. i think free speech ends when violence begins, right? i can say what i want. i can't do what i want. >> reporter: that's at the center of a federal civil lawsuit against the organizers of the rally that goes to trial this week. >> many of the plaintiffs in our lawsuit were hear that evening. they had been peacefully standing there, protesting white supremacists coming into their town. surrounded, beaten, punched, kicked, all while these extremis

elle reeve went to that hospital and spoke to an employee who is willing to lose their job instead of believe covid's terrible. i believe it's dangerous. i watch people every day and i watch the fear in people's eyes every day. and that's -- that's the saddest, most terrifying part is to see our society become so fearful. but i do not think the government has the right to step in and mandate and tell us what we have to do. >> how do you think that's going to affect you if there is a vaccine mandate at this hospital? >> i think that i will then seek further employment. and i hate to do that because i love my patients. i love the people i work with. but at the same time, i'm not going to personally go against something that i feel very, very deeply in my soul that would hurt me. >> reporter: only about 60% of staff are vaccinated at scotland county hospital in rural northeast missouri. the hospital's ceo doesn't think a mandate will make unvaccinated staff get the shot. he thinks it will make them quit. >> our reality is we need staff to work. and in return for your working, we're not g