appearance also a bit of a fracas out the courthouse. supporters of fields screamed epithets, shouted down and ea escorted away by sheriff s deputies. a high school teacher said publicly in counseling this young man during his high school years he was often expressing neo-nazi views. is that right? reporter: that is correct, wolf. derek weimer, the teacher, taught history to him. said he had a good rapport but made uncomfortable by some views and had an infatuation with nazis that might have formed some of his beliefs. we re trying to see if there s maybe obviously maybe a connection between some of those views and maybe his appearance here on saturday. yes. and the president, we just heard announce as full-scale civil
expected in court today. brian todd has more on the suspect and the investigation. reporter: important new information about the suspect accused in the car strike which killed that young woman on saturday here in charlottesville. according to our justice producer, mary kay maloney, she got this information from a justice department official familiar with the investigation. federal investigators have enough evidence to be suspicious that the suspect, james fieldser j, intended to send a message not just harm the immediate victims. they re looking into that. they are also looking into whether he had any accomplices, anybody who might have helped him in the attack. some other information that we re getting about the suspect, according to a teacher who taught him history in the last two years of high school, this teacher s name is derek weimer, who taught him at a high school in northern kentucky. he said that this suspect, james fields, had some very disturbing views about nazis, that h