i'm john berman, in for anderson. we will get to the men charged for killing ahmaud arbery in a moment but we begin with breaking news on a pair of legal cases that involve a violent right wing extremism in this country's recent history. first, in charlottesville, virginia, where a partial verdict was announced just hours ago in a civil case brought against some of those involved with that 2017 unite the right rally that left one woman, heather heyer, dead. in a moment, we'll hear reaction from her mother. first, though, cnn's elle reeve joins us now. elle, what can you tell us about the verdict? >> reporter: well, the jury was hung on the question of federal conspiracy charges relating to a law passed in the 1870s to fight the kkk but they did find these guys liable under a virginia conspiracy law. and that's really interesting because they -- the other defendants took great pains to say they never had any contact with james alex fields, who is convicted of first-degree murder for driving his car into a crowd and killing heather heyer.