not buy it. today the jury did find in favor of the plaintiffs on most of the counts that were before them, but they deadlocked. they were able to come to an agreement on the first two counts that were put to them, e which were essentially federal racially motivated conspiracy charges.re now, you said, robbie, after the hearing today excuse me, after the proceedings today that those coins will be tried again, that you will seek to retry those defendants on those counts on which the jury deadlocked. can you explain how that works and what you mean by that? t yes.wh so essentially with respect to those two counts, rachel, it is as if they never happened. a jury, i think wanting to get y home for thanksgiving, understandably were not able to reach agreement. that gives us the opportunity to go after the defendants on those counts again. we fully intend to consider doing so. the defendants should not rest easy to think that they are not going to be found liable, not only for state co
impact of the law on people s lives. thank you. from the cheap seats, same back at you. [ laughter ] there is your boy. making his arguments. we ll see how it goes with the jury. i can t wait to see what you say about it. i ll be watching. thank you, chris. appreciate you. take care. this is don lemon tonight. i m laura coates in for don lemon. another big night of headlines. the jury in the trial of three white men accused of murder in the killing of ahmaud arbery wrapping now the first day of deliberations and due back in court at 8:30 tomorrow morning. meanwhile in charlottesville it attorneys out there is a price for spreading hate in america and that price is $26 million. a jury awarded more than $26 million in damages after finding the white nationalists who organized and participated in a violent 2017 rally liable on a state conspiracy claim and other claims. the jury said it could not reach
state conspiracy claim and other claims. the jury said it could not reach a verdict on two federal conspiracy claims however. that as for the second day in a row, the committee investigating the riot at the capitol on january 6th issued a new bach of subpoenas that, this time focussing on right wing extremist groups involved in the attack including the oath keepers and proud boys. i want to go to the trial in the three men accused in the murder of ahmaud arbery. martin sallve sahas that now. reporter: tonight, the men accused of killing a black man running in a neighborhood. in the controversial case is in the hands of one black and 11 white jurors. with that, ladies and gentlemen, i ask you retire to the jury room. reporter: the prosecution getting the final say retelling how an armed father and son gregory and travis mcmichael aided by a neighbor pursued
after the proceedings today that those coins will be tried again, that you will seek to retry those defendants on those counts on which the jury deadlocked. can you explain how that works and what you mean by that? yes. so essentially with respect to those two counts, rachel, it is as if they never happened. a jury, i think wanting to get home for thanksgiving, understandably were not able to reach agreement. that gives us the opportunity to go after the defendants on those counts again. we fully intend to consider doing so. the defendants should not rest easy to think that they are not going to be found liable, not only for state conspiracy as they were found but also for federal conspiracy. we have spent four years, we are willing to spend another four years if it takes that time, but i don t think it will. let me also ask you about this, i believe it is seven of these defendants who effectively tried to pretend like the proceedings weren t happening and refused to engage with th