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Democratic leadership. and the question was asked whether or not he would consider any particular deal or spending deal to prevent a government shutdown, and he said we would have to look at it. he sort of indicated he is willing and able to work with democrats going forward but there are two options, either democrats will go down -- this was his framing, democrats will go down the track of doing legislation, and he believes they could get a lot of legislation done, or he will go down the track ...

A jury in charlottesville, virginia, recommended life in prison for the man that plowed his car into a crowd of counter-protesters at the white house nationalists rally last year. he killed heather heyer and injured dozens more. a judge will decide a punishment next year. joining us now is heather heyers mom, susan. thank you for joining us. we know it has been a long and emotional trial for you. thank you for being here. tell us what that moment was like when you heard the jury recommending lif...

His car. fields was attending last years unite the right rally in charlottesville when things got ugly between white nationalists and counterprotesters. during the protests fields got in his car and plowed through the counterprotesters at about 28 miles per hour, striking and killing heather heyer. >> [ bleep ]. >> that nazi just drove into people. >> heyer died from blunt force injuries to the torso. she suffered a number of major internal injuries. her aorta was severed. she also had laceratio...

>> dana: 2 is-year-old james field who drove his car into a group of counter protesters, he has been sentenced to life in prison. he was convicted of first degree murder in the death of a 32-year-old woman. he was attending the raleigh when he got into his stkopblg challenger and ran into a group of protesters. the ceo of google showing up on capitol hill. he faced questions from a house hearing on political bias. privacy and googles dealing with china. what is the ceos big message for law maker...

Charges and faces over 30 federal hate crime charges. >> reporter: the self-professed neo-nazi who barrelled his car into a crowd was convicted friday of first-degree murder and all other charges brought against him. >> i think every last one of those -- thank every last one of those jurors. they made the -- they made the choice to express to the world like we dont stand for this type of hate at all. >> reporter: a jury took just over seven hours of deliberation to find james alex fieldser j gui...

Commies, and fields mother relies sympathetic towards her, and fields replies that doesnt matter, she is a communist and the enemy. fields was acting out of fear and not malice after seeing violent clashes that day. they pointed to his remorse once police arrested him. im really sorry, fields repeatedly tells an officer who captured his words on a body camera. the officer replies, why are you sorry? fields says that i am sorry ive i dont know, i didnt want to hurt people, i thought they were att...

It was a deadly incident that shocked america. now more than a year after heather heyer was killed, when a car plowed into the crowd of counterprotesters at a white nationalist rally in charlottesville, the trial of 21-year-old james alex fields is under way. he faces a possible life sentence if he is convicted of first-degree murder. fields also faces eight more counts related to eight people who were injured. sara sidners been following the trial and she joins me now. sara, good evening to you...

Was supposed to have with the north koreans. is the meeting and where is the progress towards denuclearization? those are questions we are not getting answers to. >> and all standards set by this administration. right? not by others to be the standards for success. michelle, thanks very much. the prosecutor could wrap up as early as tomorrow. this in the murder trial of a man accused of plowing his car into a crowd of counterprotesters at a white nationalist rally in virginia last year. shocki...

It was one of several protests last year, but this was different. it began with a torch lit march on friday night. that turned into a violent confrontation the next morning between white nationalists and counterprotesters. in the end police say a man with neo nazi ideals killed 32-year-old heather hyer. those who monitor neo-nazis say the aftermath may have encouraged the movement. >> but you also had people that were very fine people, on both sides. >> reporter: especially because the president...

>> anti-semitism is nothing new. what is new is number one, the public conversation, the charged atmosphere, the incredibly polarized phenomenon in our society today. >> reporter: experts say charlottesville, virginia last year was a turning point. the moment the growing rise in racism and anti-semitism went public. hundreds of white nationalists, neo-nazis, and klansmen took to the streets protesting the decision to remove a confederate statue. it was one of several protests last year. but this...