That resulted in a woman being killed by a car was for to abandon a Media Briefing following protests. Meanwhile the white house defended President Trump after it was claimed he didnt go far enough in condemning violence by White Supremacists. Laura bicker reports. After a violent day of division, charlottesville has come together to pray, to show that this city condemns the hate brought here by neo nazis and White Supremacists. The Virginia Governor went from row to row, Hugging Worshippers in this baptist church. He promised to keep politics out of the pulpit, but there is a message he felt he had to give. It is about politics in that the political rhetoric in this country today is breeding bigotry. The streets here simmered with tension yesterday before finally erupting into violence, as White Supremacists gathered for a rally. The group, which included members of the klu klux klan, said they wanted to take america back. Counter protesters and anti racism activists challenged them.
Moment but first of all, let me tell you where i am. This is the very landing area in order to get to Ketron Island where the 29yearold crashed that plane. Now, to give you an idea of how sparsely populated that is, the last census said theres only 17 residents living there. We now know theres dozens of investigators at that site. They would have left from here in order to get there. It is about a 10 minute ferry ride. The first as well as the data recorder. Ultimately, what evidence they could yield . We dont know. Of course, we do have a lot of conversation between air Traffic Control and the horizon employee. As for the pilot himself, obviously, he went through extensive needs means to get that. He had to taxi it and take off. Here, theres a lot of questions how this person who seemingly had no fliying experience was able to get that aircraft airborne. He played a lot of video games. Maybe that gave him the wherewithal to do this but still, so many questions as to how he got that ai
alex fields junior, the driver of the car that plowed into the crowd of count proeer protestere found liable for $12 million for assault and battery and infliinf inflicting i memotional distres. more than half of the damages against fields, the rest spread among various dvefendants from the white nationalist movements. none of them have money. i don t know how any of the plaintiffs will get any money from any of this. reporter: the jury was deadlocked when organizers conspired to commit racial violence. it included testimony from injuries sustained and fields car that ran through the crowd and provide communications with organizers discussing violence cracking skulls and whether it s legal to drive into protesters. but the defendants said they didn t plan the violence. it wasn t their fault and that what they said before the rally
tonight, a major verdict against the white nationalist who organized and participated in the deadly rally in charlottesville, virginia more than four years ago. a jury in the civil trial holding them accountable for the violence and ordering them to pay millions of dollars in damages. cnn s brian todd and explains i all. reporter: tonight the jury awarded the plaintiffs in the unite the right trial more than $26 million in punitive damages on several claims. among them, finding five defendants were liable for racial religious or ethnic harassment or violence under a virginia state law and that all the dvefendants participated ina cons conspiracy. i think this verdict today is a message that this country does not tolerate violence based on racial and religious hatred in any form. reporter: in addition, james
with evidence meaning it s more likely than not the defendants engaged in wrongdoing. ten plaintiffs have sued ten white supremacists and nationalists organizations and 14 individuals claiming that the violence that occurred over two days in august of 2017 was no coincidence. they believe the planners conspired to start a civil war. plaintiffs that include town residents now seek to hold the defendants financially accountable to the tune of millions for their physical, emotional and psychological harm. now unlike the successful criminal prosecution of james alex fields junior who is serving two consecutive life sentences for plowing his car into a group of protesters killing heather heyer and injuring many others, this case