hour before crashing into the scene. the defense didn't deny he drove the car but said he was panicked and acted in self-defense. a jailhouse phone call to his mother was played in court. in it fields said he was defending himself in aim violent mob of terrorists -- himself from a violent mob of terrorists. but big burkes was one of 35 injured in the attack -- >> the most chilling people to me were the jailhouse phone calls to his mom. you could just see the way he was talking to his mother and the way he called heather's mom susan, an anti-white communist. and called us all terrorists and said we were the enemy and it was no big deal that, you know, heather had died because she's the enemy. you know, that just tells me everything i need to know about what kind of person he is. >> reporter: on august 12th, 2017, burke and heather heyer were among those demonstrating against the unite the right rally. [ chants ] as so-called alt-right activists