right here to cnn. new central. happening soon in charlottesville, two of these three men who carried tiki torches and march nearly six years ago at a white nationalist rally are scheduled to appear in court today. each has been indicted on a single felony charge of burning an object with the intent to intimidate. which carries a maximum penalty of five years in prison. 2017 rally ultimately led to violent clashes with counter protesters in 32 year old heather higher, lost her life. cnn s brian todd is in charlottesville. brian i understand there are some new developments, what s going on there? well john. the hearing is slightly delayed because there s another unrelated hearing going on in this court behind me, but in a few minutes we do expect this hearing to take place where two of the three defendants in this case are expected to appear to set the scene for our viewers. we have to kind of differentiate this. these defendants are charged in the case that s related to that
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