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
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 friday evening rally on august 11th 2017. that is when a group of white nationalists and white supremacists marched on the campus of the university of virginia wielding torches menaced several people. on the campus that evening, and they are charged and we re going to go over the charges in a second. but that, of course, is different from what happened the day after that, that was the unite the right rally on that saturday of august 12th 2017 when there was so much violence in the streets here in charlottesville, another two events are related, of course, but they are separate in this case has only to do with the events on that. friday evening. we should point out now the charges involved. two of the three men charged are going to appear this hearing. there will zachary smith from texas and tyler bradley dykes from sou