richard spencer, who famously said "heil trump" after the election.jason kessler come the local point person in the trial. this can't welcome the so-called crying nazi. a bunch of different klan groups who showed up that day. some of these descendants have -- defendants have already had a judgment against them for refusing to participate in the trial. some have not shown up. both spencer and kris cantwell are defending themselves. theyo not have attorneys. you have this kind of motley crew of dependents who are involved at various levels. then as you said, there is this 5.3 terabytes of digital evidence that shows for weeks in advance, they were planning what to wear, what kinds of things to bring that they could use as weapons, chatting about what it involves to hit someone with a car and what the law says to protect you. i think this is an effort to get all of them lined up to tell the entire pixelated story of what was done, and the judge will find money damages. i think the long-term hope is to bankrupt the group as well. amy: how do you answer wh

in june 2020, richard spencer told the court the case has been financially crippling. now he is representing himself in court. you say he's representing himself, serving as his own lawyer? you don't say. whatever else has happened in your life today, i bequeath you this. a little warm fuzziness to hold in your heart. the nazis are representing themselves in court, acting as their own lawyers. that always works out great. good for them. couldn't have happened to a nicer bunch. that one, richard spencer, is representing himself in court because his other lawyers stopped repping him when he stopped paying him. another defendant lost his lawyers when they quit because he started spewing anti-semitic threats against one of the lawyers for the plaintiffs. three of the defendants have managed to hold onto their lawyer, a gentleman from ohio, representing the three clients out of the goodness of his heart because he agrees with them because he himself wants to, quote, oppose jewish influence in society. he has taken their case, and that's why i'm sure he's going to be a great

richard spencer, chris cantwell, jeff scoop, matt hinebach, jason kessler, and more.aging in their first amendment right to speech and protest, and the violence is the fault of the police were not separating them from the counter-protesters. but what made the alt-right grow so quickly, the internet, has been its undoing in this case. because the defendants left behind an enormous paper trail of what they say were jokes about racial violence. >> with an event like charlottesville that was national news, maybe may have seen the torch march, the car attack on the news, but if you look beneath the surface, there's just so much more. what that evidence shows is that there was a conspiracy to commit racially motivated violence. >> reporter: the discovery process has turned up documents that, beyond what they might mean for this lawsuit, reveal to the public how this movement worked. the exhibit list contains text messages that show expetensive planning among leaders who tried to distance themselves from each other since 2017. they show an embrace of violence. they show they

richard spencer, chris cantwell, andrew anglin, jason kessler and more.that they were just exercising their right to a peaceful protest. but what made the out right grow so quickly, the internet, the defendants left behind an enormous paper trail with what they say were jokes about white violence. >> they might have seen the car attack on the news accid, but i look below the surface, there is so much more. what that evidence showed is there was a conspiracy to show racially motivated violence. >> the process has turned up violence that beyond what was in this lawsuit, the conspiracy worked. it showed they tried to distance themselves from each other since 2017. it showed violence and it showed they weren't just jokes. >> is there one comment that stands out to you? >> the image that has stuck with me since the beginning of the case was one of the discord post pictures. it shows a tractor running people over and it's called the protester digester. there are many, many posts in this case about running over people with cars prior to the car attack on august

richard spencer, chris cantwell, jeff scoop, matt heimbach. jason kessler, and more.simply engaging in their first amendment right to speech and protest and that the violence is the fault of the police for not separating them from the counterprotesters. but what made the alt-right grow so quickly, the internet, has been its undoing in this case because the defendants left behind an enormous paper trail of what they say were jokes about racial violence. >> with an event like charlottesville that was national news, people may have seen the torch march. they might have seen the car attack on the news. but if you look beneath the surface, there's so much more. what that evidence shows is there was a conspiracy to commit racially motivated violence. >> reporter: the discovery process has turned up documents that, beyond what they might mean for this lawsuit, reveal to the public how this movement worked. the exhibit list contains text messages that show extensive planning among leaders who have tried to distance themselves from each other since 2017. they show an embrace o

richard spencer, chris cantwell, jeff scoop, matt hooin heinbach, jason kessler, and more. them from the counterprotestors but what made the alt right grow so quickly, the internet, has been its undoing in this case because the defendants left behind an enormous paper trail of what they say were jokes about racial violence. >> with an event like charlottesville that was national news, people may have seen the torch march. they might have seen the car attack on the news but if you look beneath the surface, there is just so much more. and what that evidence shows is that there was a conspiracy to commit racially-motivated violence. >> reporter: the discovery process has turned up documents that, beyond what they might mean for this lawsuit, revealed to the public how this movement worked. the exhibit list contains text messages that show extensive planning among leaders who have try today distance themselves from each other since 2017. they show an embrace of violence and they show they weren't just jokes. is there like one comment that stands out at you? >> the image that --

. >> reporter: among the defendants, richard spencer, one of the rally organizers, will claim there wasnspiracy and they had a first amendment right to protest. but messages between spencer and rally organizer and defend jason kessler reveal this exchange: "we're raising an army for free speech but the cracking of skulls, if it comes to it." the violence that day haunts liz signs. >> i heard screams. i heard this awful sound. >> reporter: one of the plaintiffs who narrowly escaped injury when the car hit heather heyer. >> i don't think i will ever not be scared. >> reporter: her name is on the court docket, signs v. kessler. the plaintiffs are going to use something called the ku klux klan act which was put on the books in 1800 toss combat attacks on african americans. norah. >> o'donnell: hard to believe. jeff pegues, thank you. tonight, top democrats insist a deal is close on president biden's massive social spending plan. but stumbling blocks keep piling up. most importantly, sharp differences over how to pay for the trillions in new spending. cbs' ed o'keefe is following the negotia

. >> reporter: among the defendants, richard spencer, one of the rally organizers, will claim there wasnspiracy and they had a first amendment right to protest. but messages between spencer and rally organizer and defend jaso "we're raising an army for free speech but the cracking of skulls, if it comes to it." the violence that day haunts liz signs. >> i heard screams. i heard this awful sound. >> reporter: one of the plaintiffs who narrowly escaped injury when the car hit heather heyer. >> i don't think i will ever not be scared. >> reporter: her name is on the court docket, signs v. kessler. the plaintiffs are going to use something called the ku klux klan act which was put on the books in 1800 toss combat attacks on african americans. norah. >> o'donnell: hard to believe. jeff pegues, thank you. >> tonight, top democrats insist a deal is close on president biden's massive social spending plan. but stumbling blocks keep piling up. most importantly, sharp differences over how to pay for the trillions in new spending. cbs' ed o'keefe is following the negotiations. >> reporter: tonight,

in fact, one of the defendants named in the civil suit richard spencer, who coined the phrase alt-rightalready the case has cost him thousands. ana? >> jason carroll, thank you. >>> it's the only fda-authorized treatment for early covid-19, but some doctors aren't mentioning it to patients. cnn investigates next. enough of your love babe♪ ♪girl, i don't know, i don't know,♪ ♪i don't know why i can't get♪ applebee's. now that's eatin' good in the neighborhood. as a dj, i know all about customization. that's why i love liberty mutual. they customize my car insurance, so i only pay for what i need. how about a throwback? ♪ liberty, liberty, liberty, liberty ♪ only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty, liberty, liberty, liberty ♪ age before beauty? why not both? visibly diminish wrinkled skin in... crepe corrector lotion... only from gold bond. bipolar depression. it made me feel like i was trapped in a fog. this is art inspired by real stories of people living with bipolar depression. i just couldn't find my way out of it. the lows of bipolar depression can take you to a dark place... ...and b

one of the defendants, one of the 24 defendants in this case, is richard spencer.ay, in court again today. so a little bit of a side note here as well. a number of the defendants had basically asked for this trial to be moved outside of charlottesville. they wanted it moved to roanoke, to lynchburg. a judge denied that request saying it should be tried here and they would be able to impanel a jury. so waiting to see how long jury selection goes again today. guys, back to you. >> do we know how much they're suing for in particular, jason, in this case? >> reporter: it's a good question. a number of us were asking. a dollar amount is not listed in the civil suit. the jury, once its seated, and once the this trial is over, if it goes in the direction of the plaintiffs here, the jury will end up deciding the dollar amount. but i can tell you the attorneys for the plaintiffs say they basically want to bankrupt these defendants, financially cripple them. >> be interesting to see as that plays out. jason, appreciate the reporting. thank you. >> amazing so many open questi

one of the defendants, richard spencer, has called this a financially crippling lawsuit.lications for january 6th, because donald trump, steve bannon, rudy giuliani, they are all defendants in very similar lawsuits using the same 1871 ku klux klan law, arguing that they were responsible for some of the violence of january 6th even though they haven't been charged criminally. that's going to go forward in this case. the courthouse behind me will be a precedent for those january 6 lawsuits, geoff. >> ken dilanian in charlottesville, thank you very much. >>> next, why you should prepare to pay more for your thanksgiving feast. ♪ ♪ there are beautiful ideas that remain in the dark. but with our new multi-cloud experience, you have the flexibility you need to unveil them to the world. ♪ i've lost count of how many asthma attacks i've had. but my nunormal to unveiwith nucala?e world. fewer asthma attacks. nucala is a once-monthly add-on injection for severe eosinophilic asthma. not for sudden breathing problems. allergic reactions can occur. get help right away for swelling of

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richard spencer, a white nationalist alt-right leader who is representing himself in this case without a lawyer. brian todd, cnn, charlottesville, virginia. >> our thanks to brian todd for that report there. >>> and still ahead right here on the show, what if new technology could let you skip all the lines at the airport and breeze your way to the gate? wouldn't that be nice? all you have to do is lower your mask. >>> chris evans goes into infinity and beyond. twitter can't contain their excitement. more on that after the break. watch: serena williams... wonder woman.... serena... wonder woman... serena... ace. ♪ ♪ get your tv together with the best of live and on demand. introducing directv stream. do you have a life insurance policy you no longer need? now you can sell your policy - even a term policy - for an immediate cash payment. call coventry direct to learn more. we thought we had planned carefully for our retirement. but we quickly realized we needed a way to supplement our income. our friend sold their policy to help pay their medical bills, and that got me thinking. maybe se

richard spencer, who led a march across the university of virginia campus, and matthew heinback. these individuals. accountable. >> absolutely. at the core of this case is the idea that what happened four years ago in charlottesville wasn't an accident. it wasn't a clash between two sides. rather, it was a meticulously planned, racially motivated conspiracy to attack people based on their race, religion and their willingness to defend the rights of others. it uses a statute act of 1871, which is what it sounds like. meant to hold accountable racist violence first passed 150 years ago to deal with clan violence in the south after the civil war, but sadly relevant today as we grapple with resurgent white supremacy in this country. the goal here is simple. it's to make clear there will be accountability. financial and operational consequences for those who plan, engage in and celebrate the sort of violence as we saw four years ago. >> it's already been mentioned this hour, but let me just read a tweet from your group today. today marks the three-year anniversary of the pittsburgh at

that pence or spencer davenport, stacey hansen, valerie reader, christian townsend, and madeleine brooks, and richard fried all. last, definitely not least, sam seagull men, who will represent the audience questions, all day, who is an excellent editor, and attention to detail. i would like to think linda, quijano, the conference staff, which can try to do something. this year, definitely, is not in their job description, originally. this isn't david, doing the technical, and of course, the authors as we've known, there's a general reward you can give to supreme court review that go under their work limits. definitely, last, year we did not get that little work. all of you, get that reward this year. this is another addition of the cato supreme court review. some housekeeping. due to these restrictions you have to wear your masks at all times even when asking a question. bathrooms are of the spiral staircase, and down the spiral staircase. there's one next to the elevator, but that's when the single bathroom, so i wouldn't advise queuing up for that one rain, the reception -- you can answer questions