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Sentences for having driven the car into the group of counterprotesters, killing heather heyer and wounding a dozen people. of the seven defendants who refused to engage, i know that -- and we reported here that the judge essentially issued a default judgment against them, and i know that the court will now act further to decide whats the dispensation of those guys, what sort of damages they have to pay these guys who have had a default judgment issued against them. can you explain more of what ...

Has decided this afternoon. >> reporter: right. well, after three days of deliberations, the jury came to the judge and said they reached a decision, a partial decision. they basically found that these defendants in this civil trial are now liable for $26 million in damages but $12 million of that, one man is responsible for that. james alex fields. hes the man that drove his car, plowed his car into counterprotesters. he was convicted during the criminal trial but again, this is the civil trial...

Monetary damages so very quickly just want to go over what the jurors were able to come to. in terms of the individual defendants here, were talking about people like jason kessler, the one who secured the permit for the unite the right rally, people like richard spencer, he kind the phrase "alt-right." hes a white nationalist neo-nazi christopher cantwell. in terms of compensatory damages, each one is facing $700,000. as for some of the groups, they are looking at at least $1 million in compens...

During the deadly unite the right rally in charlottesville, virginia in 2017. the lawsuits accused white nationalist leaders of plotting the violence. a 32-year-old woman was killed and 19 others injured when a neo-nazi plowed his car into a crowd of counterprotesters. reporter, were going to turn now to a cbs news exclusive. we take you inside the hunt on the high seas for drug traffickers. coast guard crews have recently seized tons of narcotics, but still, americas streets are flooded with da...

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 defendants participated in a 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 alex fields jr., the driver of the car that plowed into the crowd of counterprotesters killing one and injuring dozens was found liabl...

The jury found five defendants liable for violating virginia law on harassment and vie is lens. tell us. >> they did indeed, finding them liable on several counts and the damages are significant. this is nothing short of a financial blow to the white nationalists. more than $26 million in compensatory 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 defendants participate...

Today is going to be a very busy day with multiple high-profile trials under way in america right now. here in a few hours, closing argument will be heard in brunswick, georgia, in the trial of three white men in the fatal shooting of ahmaud arbery. and the civil case involving white nationalists who organized the two-day unite the right rally back in 2017. that is when a man drove his car into a crowd of counterprotesters, kill one and injuring others. >> the not guilty verdict in the kyle ritt...

Just hours from now, closing argument in the trial of the three men charged in the fatal shooting of ahmaud arbery in georgia. in virginia, the jurgens its second day of deliberations in the civil case involving white nationalists who organized the unite the right rally back in 2017. a woman was killed when a man drove his car into a crowd of counterprotesters. and the rittenhouse acquittal triggers protests in several u.s. cities. i want to talk about the case in the killing of ahmaud arbery ou...

That they are not happy with what happened in this case. there are a couple of counterprotesters on the outskirts here or people who rather drove by, walked by, did not like what they saw, and there are a couple of tense interactions here, and we do see people who are armed. im not sure which groups they are with, but one person who is attending this protest talked to me about how sick shes felt over the last couple of days feeling thats something she thought was cut and tried did not turn out t...

Back lives matter protest over the police shooting of an african-american man. there were a number of counterprotesters. the scene was violent at times, and chaotic. as the prosecutor said in his closing argument, the only person who killed anyone was kyle rittenhouse. we know that armed civilians are now part of the american political landscape. what some may take from this verdict is that vigilante justice prevailed. and thats a serious public safety concern. >> i want to go back to that momen...