ending in the death of heather hey heyer.e suing the rally's organizers for millions, claiming these white nationalists set in motion a weekend of terror. here's juju chang. >> you will not replace us! >> reporter: it was a weekend of bloodshed that shook america. it started late on a summer friday night, the now infamous tiki torches. hundreds of men marching in the darkness, lighting up the night chanting messages of hate. >> you will not replace us! >> reporter: throughout the weekend, marchers and counterprotestors clashing again and again in charlottesville, virginia, culminating in deadly mayhem. when james fields, jr., drove his car into the crowd of people, injuring dozen, murdering heather heyer. he was convicted of first degree murder, but her mother, susan, says she hopes the organizers of the unite the right rally also face justice. >> this is a turning point in history. this is a turning point in our understanding of hate crime. >> reporter: now, four years later, a civil lawsuit alleging white nationalists set i

i want you to talk about your daughter, heather heyer, for us. just remind us who she was and what you want her legacy to be. >> well, first off, i need people to stop putting heather on a pedestal. she was a normal 32-year-old feisty woman. um, she had her rough edges just like anybody. and she was a random murder in a mass-car attack. she just happened to be the one that took the brunt force and it hit her aorta and her abdomen and bled out in four places. she was not assassinated. she was not a saint. she was a normal person. so, what i want you to take away from that is stand up and do the right thing. you don't know what kind of impact that will have. um, even now, four years later, i'm talking on cnn and after this, i'm -- be talking to some international press because the impact of that one small act has been felt around the world. but i also want to congratulate the -- the plaintiffs in this case and integrity for america. we were not privy to the trial -- heather, nor the foundation. but i strongly supported the case and am very proud of

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they are not on trial for killing heather heyer -- this is a civil trial. they will not go to jail. is the point? who are the plaintiffs that brought this? >> the plaintiffs were not people who were injured in the events of august 11 and 12 in charlottesville. it is a civil trial in some sense because the trump justice department did not stand up and didot in any way attempt to bring to justice the folks who are involved in organizing and performing this rally. i think the plaintiffs in the case, and there led by masterful attorneys, and what basically said was we will be the standard for the doj. we will reap a civil rights action that says if you, based on racial animus, deprive people of their civil rights, 150-year-old statute, we will stand. in a civil trial. amy: i want to ask you about kyle rittenhouse where jury deliberations have entered a third day. the judge has yet to rule on two mistrial request from the defense was that he may still do so. he said he could rule on it even after a verdict is rendered. so if there was a guilty verdict, he could move to vacate it. dahlia

and this verdict seals it. >> well, the mother of heather heyer we see there who was mentioned as we mentioned was killed in charlottesville, spoke with cnn about her reaction to the verdict. have a listen. >> even when the evidence seems very clear, you can't always determine what a jury is going to say or do. so i was glad they were able to recognize the preponderance of evidence definitely showed the clients to be guilty. and the evidence was their own words. that was the beauty of the case. >> now, the financial rewards the plaintiffs will likely be more symbolic than real. james fields who drove his car into the crowd is serving multiple life sentences in prison. other defendants indicated they are financially stressed. >> the defendants in the case are destitute. none of them have any money. i don't know how any of the plaintiffs are going to get anything for any of this. >> well, cnn legal analyst jeffrey toobin said the defendants will still face consequence including the prospect of having their wages garnished and property taken. stay on top of that story for you. >>> now t

convicted murderer james fields, who is already serving multiple life sentences for killing activist heather heyer when he rammed his car into a crowd of counterprotesters, was found liable for $12 million in punitive damages. the 12 defendants included three other high-profile white supremacist figures -- former leader of the alt-right movement richard spencer, event organizer jason kessler, and neo-nazi podcast host christopher cantwell. defendants have been ordered to pay plaintiffs $500,000 each and five white nationalist groups were ordered to pay $1 million each. the jury, however, was deadlocked on two federal conspiracy charges. the house panel investigating the january 6 capitol insurrection issued subpoenas tuesday to far-right groups the proud boys and the oath keepers. both groups are believed to be involved in planning and taking part the deadly attack and dozens of people affiliated the white supremacist organizations have been indicted by the justice department and a federal grand jury. in georgia, jury deliberations continue today in the trial of three white men who chased down and

against those who organized the 2017 unite the right rally in charlottesville, virginia. 32-year-old heather heyerng, several injured, when a car driven by one of the defendants plowed into a group of counter protesters. today a federal jury awarded the plaintiffs more than $26 million in damages. alt-right leader richard spencer called the verdict flawed and vowed to appeal. >>> up next, behind the scenes in "house of gucci." we hear from the all-star cast. s knocking you out of your zone? lowering your a1c with once-weekly ozempic® can help you get back in it. oh, oh, oh, ozempic®! my zone... lowering my a1c, cv risk, and losing some weight... now, back to the game! ozempic® is proven to lower a1c. most people who took ozempic® reached an a1c under 7 and maintained it. and you may lose weight. adults lost on average up to 12 pounds. in adults also with known heart disease, ozempic® lowers the risk of major cardiovascular events such as heart attack, stroke, or death. ozempic® helped me get back in my type 2 diabetes zone. ozempic® isn't for people with type 1 diabetes. don't share needles or pen

in charlottesville because, again, criminally, the man who plowed through the crowd or killed heather heyerand beyond that. the nine plaintiffs, they include town residents, counter protesters who were injured, and nair the ones who are still suffering, as you can imagine, some physical and emotional injuries, and so is this a victory for them today even though the two biggest counts they were hung on? >> it's a partial one. you're totally right. and this is the community striking back, so in the sense that we were just talking about, there is something of a repudiation under state law. i do think they wanted to show a conspiracy. by the way, a conspiracy is simply an agreement. you can do it with a wink, but it has to be for the same goal, the unlawful goal. it's a mixed verdict. and might inform whether they go back because i think part of this is symbolic. the counts they were really trying to establish, the jury is deadlocked on, so they're not, you know, it's not -- they're not jubilant, but they definitely will make some money, and there will be the point made that you did these thing

victims, including several caught in the carnage as a racist rammed his car into a crowd, killing heather heyer. charlottesville became ground zero for the nation's racial tension, as a debate erupted over whether a statue of confederate general robert e. lee should remain in the southern city. the neo-nazi who killed heyer was convicted of murder, but heyer's mother has long wanted the organizers of the white nationalists to face justice, as well. >> i hope that not only are they bankrupted, but i hope that other groups realize that there are dire consequences to their actions. >> reporter: david, the jury deadlocked on federal conspiracy charges, but did find a conspiracy charge under a virginia state law that allows for civil damages for racial or religiously motivated harassment and violence. david? >> pierre thomas, who has been following this since 2017. pierre, thank you. >>> now, to the trial of ahmaud arbery. the case is now in the hands of the jury tonight. gregory mcmichael, his son travis and their neighbor william "roddie" bryan, now awaiting their fate. facing life in prison in co

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serving two consecutive life sentences for plowing his car into a group of protesters killing heather heyermany others, this case has not been brought by prosecutors, instead, this case is brought by private litigants under a 150-year-old law called the ku klux klan act. the law was enacted after the civil war to allow private citizens to sue other citizens for civil rights violations in federal court. but like a prosecutor, they must still prove their case. the defendants claim they were simply exercising their first amendment right to protest because law enforcement failed to maintain order and they only reacted to violence they did not initiate it. well, the jury will be back tomorrow morning for now a third day of deliberations and those 12 jurors they have been asked to decide whether there were very fine people on both sides or just right and wrong. next, getting kyle rittenhouse's first interview as two come -- commentators quit the network quoting his quote unquote reporting. stay with us. s' vapostick. it goes on clear and dries quickly. no mess. just the soothing vicks' vapor for

neo-nazi james alex fields slammed his car into a crowd of anti-racist counter-protesters killing heather heyerinjuring dozens more. he was sentenced to life in prison for murder and hate crimes and lost an appeal this week. two of the white supremacists have been defending themselves in the court room, richard spencer and christopher cantwell. they took the stand tuesday, and tried unsuccessfully to have the judge dismiss the case for lack of evidence, even as they used racial slurs during the trial. when cantwell cross-examined one of the witnesses, holocaust historian deborah lipstadt, he asked her -- "there's no such thing as an innocent anti-semitic joke? " after today's closing arguments, jurors are expected to begin deliberations friday. for more, we're joined by dahlia lithwick, slate.com senior editor and senior legal correspondent. she's been covering the trial and lived in of charlottesville during the unite the right rally. her recent piece is headlined "why the nazis are treating their trial in charlottesville like a joke." welcome back to democracy now! we are in this key moment o

for james fields, the man who rammed his car into a crowd of protesters, killing heather heyer and injuringeral others, they found him liable for inflicting emotional distress and for assault or battery, and the damage assessment against fields totaled about $13.5 million. here is what some of the attorneys connected to the case had to say after the verdict. >> i think this verdict today is a message that this country does not tolerate violence based on racial and religious hatred in any form. and that no one will ever bring violence to the streets of charlottesville, virginia, ever again because they now know what will happen if they do. >> reporter: two attorneys for white nationalists told us after the verdict they're going to thereby to get the damages assessed to their clients reduced. this and other similar lawsuits have already succeeded in financially crippling several white nationalists, but this may not be over for them just yet. regarding those two federal claims that the jury was not able to reach a verdict on, those claims of conspiracy to commit racially motivated violence, th

of course, though, that's what we saw when 32-year-old heather heyer was killed and dozens more peopleplaintiffs in this case. and attorneys for them were recalling text ex-changes, dark chat room conferences among defendants to show that they were provoking this violence that we saw, encouraging par tis pants to use flagpoles as town weapons. they brought up one conversation saying privately we can tout 800 to 1,000, it is better for our enemies to underestimate us. and then shown a permit that only estimated 400 people to be at that event and not requesting any street closures. so the organization representing these plaintiffs saying this in a statement, our plaintiffs have provided overwhelming evidence that unite the right was never intended to be peaceful protests, rather a meticulously planned weekend of racist anti-semitic violence. closing arguments in the civil trial set to begin tomorrow with deliberations after that. jurors needing to decide if they believe the groups caused this violence. if so, what is the monetary value to that for each of the defendants. jim? >> the imag

the rally reached a tipping point when one drove his car into the crowd and killed heather heyer.was similar to the chaos we saw on the january 6 attack in washington. >> reporter: it was a preview of what we saw, el paso, to capitol hill, there's been a through line of extremism. while we saw the architects of extremism getting served, like roger stone, steve bannon, these are their shock troops who are now seeing the folly of their actions and discovering that hate has consequence. >> he mentioned roger stone and others being subpoenaed by congress. that and much more coming up well. >>> now, more than 3 1/2 years after the tragic shooting at marjory stoneman douglas high school in parkland, florida, the families of the shooting victims have reached a settlement with the justice department related to their lawsuit over the fbi's failure to act on tips warning about the gunman. some teen members were killed when a gunman opened fire last february. lead counsel for the families says once the financial details are confidential, it is a historic settlement. as we heard, lawmakers in

multiple life sentences for having driven the car into the group of counterprotesters, killing heather heyer and wounding a dozen people. of those seven defendants who refused toef engage, i know that -- and we reported here that the judge essentially issued a default judgment against them, and i know that the court will now act further to decide what's the dispensation of those guys, what sort of damages they have to pay these guys who have had a default judgment issued against them. can you explain more of what that means? because it is another big part of the sort of next steps here. >> yes, absolutely. there are seven defendants against who we have entries of default, and the court is likely to be guided in its damages assessment by the jury's verdict today. a so that which obviously was substantial damages awarded, compensatory and punitive, so the court will be guided by that. as to james fields, the driver of the car, one extraordinary thing that happened in this verdict is that james fields was found to be part of a conspirace with richard spencer, jason kesler, chris campo and the r

million in civil damages after he drove his car into the crowd of counter protesters, killing heather heyeried during this civil trial that after she was hit by his car, at one point she felt she wouldn't stay alive unless she was able to stay awake, and so, again, millions of dollars in damages awarded to these nine plaintiffs, but still a mixed bag here because on two of the biggest claims here, the first one being conspiracy to commit racially motivated violence, and failing to prevent a conspiracy, the jury in that situation in those two claims were deadlocked. they simply could not come up with a unanimous decision about whether or not the defendants here, and there are 17 defendants here. whether or not they had committed conspiracy with those two claims. again, 17 defendants here. some of them individuals, white nationalists, knee oneo-nazis, are organizations dedicated as hate groups, so again, we've got the break down here, $26 million in civil claims here that will be awarded to the plaintiffs in this particular situation, but again, the jury still deadlocked on two of the biggest

sent his car into a crowd killing 32-year-old heather heyer. president trump said there was blame to be had on both sides of the deadly violence that day. we now have more answers surrounding brian laundrie whose cause of death is death by suicide to the head. they identified laundrie's remains found in the carlton reserve. laundrie evaded authorities when he was named as a person of interest in the dearth of gabby pitino. north for the police issued a statement, we're hoping this statement will help heal those impacted. >>> the crimson tide slips a spot in the college football rankings playoffs. those and more sports when we come right back. come right back. instantly clear everyday congestion. and try vicks sinex children's saline. safe and gentle relief for children's noses. people, with quickbooks live someone else will do your books for you. they'll even pair you with an expert bookkeeper like me, who knows your business. knows... your... business! expert bookkeepers who understand your business. intuit quickbooks live bookkeeping. is stru

nationalists and 10 height supremacists organizations at the two-day rally in 2017 that killed heather heyerroll joins us live from charlottesville. jason. >> reporter: and good morning to you. it's going to be a long day here in charlottesville, john. we are getting a sense of what we are likely to hear. some of the defendants representing themselves. and actually during opening statement, the judge said it sounded like a closing statement. that is giving us a hint in terms of what we are likely to hear. you take chris officer cantwell, known as being a neo-nazi. we heard a lot of propaganda during his opening, heard some of his political leanings. likely to hear some of that again today during closing arguments as well. defense attorneys, though, are going to try to stay away from that. they will be reminding jurors about the foundation of their case saying the plaintiffs did not show enough evidence though show they conspired to commit acts of violence. they will say it was inspired by those on the far left and that things basically spiraled on it of control. plaintiffs attorneys for thei

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heather heyer was killed. jason, what are the big takeaways here?fense attorneys, james kowanich, he's the one that represents dave kessler. he's the one that got the permit for the rally. he started out his closings by acknowledging the plaintiffs, talked about how brave they were, the extent of their injuries. but basically said at the end of the day, the plaintiff's attorneys did not do their part to say that there was a conspiracy to commit violence here. he said the only thing they did prove was that the defendants agreed to get together for a fist fight. he went on to say, quote, the fact is these guys knew each other, they talked to each other, and they say all kinds of things, ridiculous things, and believe all kinds of ridiculous things, not even ridiculous, offensive, deeply offensive, even dangerous things, but none of that proves a conspiracy. then right after that, victor, then you had a different defense attorney get up there, there are a number of different defense attorneys during the closings, and james fields basically said there w

verdict against 24 nazis and white supremacists who organized the deadly rally in 2017 that killed heather heyer and left more than 50 others wounded. a federal jury found those organizers liable for the violence of those events. tonight lawyers for the winning plaintiffs in the case discussed the case with rachel maddow. >> the jury saw and hopefully the country saw the truth of who these people are and what they did and what they believe, and how incredibly dangerous it is to our society, to us having a civil society. this was four weeks of hearing about mein kampf and hitler and the ethnostate and the race war. and we persuaded a jury of the truth, which is these guys planned based on their hateful beliefs to come and commit violence against racial and religious minorities, and that's what they did, and then they celebrated it. >> leading off our discussion tonight, paul butler, law professor at georgetown you've. he is an msnbc legal analyst. also with us, dahlia lithwick, senior editor slate.com and the podcast amicus. dahlia, you have been following that charlottesville trial closely. what

you guys remember that rally ended in violence with the killing of heather heyer.in this country. something we're seeing play out inside the courtroom itself. yesterday, a defense attorney in the arbery case had the objection of the presence of reverend al sharpton or any black pastor for that matter in the courtroom saying that they could intimidate the jury. >> the idea that we're going to be serially bringing these people in to sit with the victim's family one after another, obviously, there is only so many pastors they can have and if their pastor is al sharpton right now, that's fine. we don't want any more black pastors coming in here or jesse jackson in here earlier this week sitting with the victim's family trying to influence a jury in this case. i'm asking the court to take appropriate steps to make sure the gallery, which is already limited in this case isn't being utilized for a purpose that could be viewed as improper. >> if folks come in here like colonel sanders in white masks in the back, that wouldn't be allowed. >> yeah, this morning playboy attem

on the second day a man plowed his car into a group of counterprotesters, killing 32-year-old heather heyerry concluded that nine counterprotesters are entitled to financial compensation from those very same white supremacists. substantial compensation, awarding them more than $25 million in damages. the jury failed to reach a decision on two claims about whether the defendants had engaged in a race-based violent conspiracy which is illegal under a federal law known as the ku klux klan act. amy spitalnek is the director of the organization that represented the plaintiffs and funded the lawsuit and she joins me now. amy, first, i guess, your reaction to what was sort of a split verdict, although all the claims that were found, were found in the plaintiffs' favor. what was your reaction today? >> look, at the end of the day this is an overwhelming victory for our plaintiffs. the jury sent a very clear message that violent hate won't go unanswered. there will be accountability and there will be consequences. they found the defendants liable for civil conspiracy, for racial, religious, ethnic h

i guess no one told that to the guy who rammed his car into heather heyer and dozens more. now, here's an interesting point. you don't have to be in a civil war to be in a real war on civility as well as rule of law in this country. and that brings us to january 6. i've never seen a situation more underplayed for political effect in all my years doing this job. you've got more than 660 defendants charged, and one of the toughest felony sentences yet goes to the face of the absurdity of that day, the qanon shaman, jacob chansley. >> yeah! >> yeah, that's him. the judge who handed down the 41-month -- it's three-plus-year sentence said for good or bad he made himself the very image of this whole event. he's actually a good face for it, if you think about it it. the ridiculousness. the misplaced sense of patriotism, you know, with the red white and blue, whatever he was going for there. the horns on his head. chansley was one of the first 30 rioters inside the capitol. but you know, if you subtract the time served, he's out by summer 2024. now, that summer is one in which many

that money was leied against james fields, the man who drove the car into the crowd and killed heather heyerople. he's serving life in prison, so he doesn't have $12 million. but the point here is to bankrupt these defendants. these judgments will follow them around for the rest of their lives, and to send a message that this kind of conduct, conspiring to commit racial violence can't be tolerated and needs to be punished, even if it's not in a criminal context, chris. >> you do wonder is there any real legitimate expectation that somebody who is thinking about doing something like this is going to say i better not because i might go to court and i might end up getting a multimillion dollars fine. i'm broke anyway so who cares. >> well, i mean, the -- you know, the far right movements in this country follow this trial very closely. they know that these formerly prominent leaders are now going to be bankrupt. and i have to say, chris, this was only a partial victory because on some of the most important counts, the conspiracy counts under that 1871 ku klux klan law, the jury deadlocked and it

federal conspiracy in the lead-up to the rally, which led to the death of a counter-protester, heather heyery was planned in part to protest the removal of a statue of the confederate general robert e. lee. the plaintiffs described emotnal trauma, broken bones, and bloodshed during the rally. for more i'm joined by ian shapira, an enterprise reporter at "the washington post" who has been covering the trial. the jury decided this after an monthlong civil trial. can you tell us exactly what we know about that decision? what did the jury decide? ian: the jury handed down a pretty stinging rebuke to the people who organized this rally. they meted out millions of dollars of punishments to the participants. they awarded a total of $26 million in damages against 12 individual defendants, five white nationalist organizations on trial. it was a message sent by the jury that this kind of violence cannot happen in today's day and age. lisa: but what about the federal conspiracy charges and of the plaintiffs also hoped to prove? why do you think those were tougher for the jury and what does it mean that

field who's serving life in prison for driving into a crowd of people and killing a woman named heather heyer. a mixed verdict, but a significant one in terms of the message it sends. attorneys for the plaintiffs said in a statement afterward that the verdict sends a cloud and clear message that facts matter, that the law matters, and that the laws of this country will not tolerate the use of violence to deprive racial and religious minorities of the basic right we all share to live as free and equal citizens. >> and i guess the key question, chuck, and i would love to know if you agree with this, some people have suggested that this could give us a preview of what could happen to capitol rioters. do you buy into that? >> well, yes and no. look, i think ken made a really important point. there are two ways to hold people accountable in court. one is through the criminal law, and private citizens have no ability to bring criminal charges. and so the other way which happened here in charlottesville, as ken just reported, is through the civil law seeking damages. and so this is a good and though

know did occur that weekend when james fields drove his car into a crowd of protesters, killing heather heyer, these white supremacists, say that they did not plan this violence and that they never wanted violence. two of the defendants, white supremacists christoffer can't well and richard spencer defended themselves during this trial. now, during the trial some of the white supremacists even turned on themselves in court, confronted each other in court. and used the trial as a soap box to spout off their views on racial hatred. it is important to note that the jurors have to weigh just a preponderance of the evidence, meaning that it's not necessary for them to determine beyond a reasonable doubt that these defendants conspired to commit racial violence. they only have to determine whether there was about a 51% chance that they did that. one interesting note, too. one of the plaintiffs' attorneys roberta kaplan has asked the jurz to award the people who were actually hit with james fields' car that weekend $7 to $10 million each in compensatory damages and has asked for the jury to award ot

he plowed his car into a crowd of counter-protestors, injuring dozens and killing heather heyer who was is outfront and, jason, you know, incredible amount of money here. $26 million. the jury sending a strong rebuke to the white nationalists who were behind the deadly rally. >> reporter: yeah, and plaintiffs' attorneys are calling this a major step in holding white nationalists, white supremacists responsible for the violence that occurred during the unite the right rally. and, you know, as you know, at the end of the day, this is a civil case, civil trial. this was about trying to get as much money as possible out of these defendants. 17 of them -- some of them, individuals -- some of them, organizations designated as hate groups. and while the jury did, you know, hold them accountable for millions when you add it all up, they did deadlock on two major claims. one of those, being conspiracy to commit racially-motivated violence. - the other one, failing to prevent that conspiracy. however, the jurors, at the end of the day, they did find that these defendants were responsible for four

if this was a vehicle, a weapons system attack, as we saw in nice, france, in 2016, or the heather heyerliberate attacks. and, you know, you know, the perpetrator pulling the vehicle to the left and then deciding to plow through the crowd gives you a hint to his mind-set. first evasion and then dedication to the fact that he either goes through them and over people, or he guess caught. which, again, gives you more information about the mind-set than the criminal himself, which is a complete disregard for the people that he is injuring and killing, knowing that he would do that. you know, again, as they've been fired upon or the level of adrenaline ramps up inside there, and the agenda of the criminal just goes out the window. and it's just, you know, fight or flight. and we don't also know whether there were drugs involved. and we -- you know, i certainly know from my experience is that we've had people who are carrying out crimes who were extremely high. and that gives them a disregard for people and property. so what i'm most sorry about in this particular instance is some of the simpl