It means, and who gets to lay claim to it. Because, as Nancy Pelosis select committee takes shape to investigate the January 6th insurrection, with only one republican of conscience and a black congressman from mississippi in the lead who will join me shortly, by the way im disturbed. Less by the thuggery of the insurrection, and more by the cowardice of the republican lawmakers who refuse to prosecute it as we would with any other attack on our soil. Of course, there isnt much incentive, as the top republican In The House is reported to have threatened his caucus with Career Sabotage if they should choose to participate. But at a symbolic level, it sends a distinct message to black america this July 4th, as nearly half of our federal legislators now overlook a Mob Suffuse with racists by rate issing our peoples house. And more than 100 of them voted last week to keep memorials to dead confederates in their house for decades to cop. It is a idea we have contended with since 1776, the i
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
of violent right wing extremism in this country s recent history. first charlottesville, virginia where a partial verdict was announced hours ago in a civil case against some of those involved with the 2017 unite the right rally that left one woman dead. in a moment we ll hear reaction from her mother. first though, what can you tell us about the verdict. reporter: the jury was hung on federal conspiracy charges relating to a law passed in the 1970s to fight the kkk but did find these guys liable under a virginia conspiracy law. the other defendants took great pains to say they never had any contact with james alex fields convicted of first-degree murder for driving his car into a crowd and killing heather heier and is serving a life sentence. the jury found in some part the leaders of the group who glamorized violence or planned for it at the event are in some way responsible for those who came to the event and participated in the violence. you were there in 2017. you ar
first, let s begin with joe johns at the white house. joe, what can we expect to hear from the president as he attends that memorial service. reporter: well, fred, the president s trip to capitol hill is significant on several different levels. number one, we have the continuing tragedy of u.s. capitol police officers who were killed or injured as a result of january 6th riot. so the president to some extent has already addressed that. but likely to talk about it again today. there are some other things, i think, you have to say, number one, every time a law enforcement officer in this country falls, you re reminded of the danger involved and inherent in the job. joe biden, by the way, has always been considered a friend of law enforcement. in fact, very much so when he was in the united states senate. but that has not helped him push through the police reforms with george floyd police reform legislative initiatives that stalled back in september. one question, of course, w