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This country follow this trial very closely. they know that these formerly prominent leaders are now going to be bankrupt. and i have to say, chris, this was only a partial victory because on some of the most important counts, the conspiracy counts under that 1871 ku klux klan law, the jury deadlocked and it was a confusing verdict because they did find a conspiracy under virginia law. the plaintiffs say they will refile those charges, which they're entitled to do in the civil context. we'll see what happens on that. that's important because donald trump, steve bannon, and rudy giuliani and ot...

Verdict, because on the one hand the jury awarded millions of dollars in punitive damages against these defendants on behalf of the plaintiffs who said they were injured in those two days during the 2017 unite the right rally. on the other hand, they failed to reach a verdict on the federal conspiracy counts thattual really were the heart of the case, that 1871 ku klux klan that made it a civil violation to violate the civil rights of people by promoting racially inspired violence. the jury deadlocked on those counts. the jury did find these defendants were guilty under a conspiracy under virg...

The mother of one of its victims. these are powerful images, but it also disrupts these groups in a way that we hope law enforcement will do, but in some ways has not been able to. and so, this is now a moment where we've identified what these groups can no longer do. they can no longer hold these rallies where they are responsible for violence that takes place or they are at risk of these big multimillion dollar judgments. >> joyce, explain the counts on which the jury was deadlocked, because those -- i understood those to be the ones that emerged from the ku klux klan act and this is from th...

Guilty, we say liable, meaning you're responsible. >> understood. here are the ones they couldn't reach a decision on, and as jason said, these are the most serious ones. claim one, the defendants conspired to commit racial violence at the 2017 rally, claimed the defendants knew but failed to prevent conspiracy to prevent racial violence. what do you see here, harry? >> those were the big ticket items. it was under the aptly named, passed in 1871 ku klux klan act, for the reconstruction racial violence that we saw re-rear its ugly head in charlottesville. so certainly that was the main focus o...

Museum. this is carolyn sarah. carolyn, what is your official title because it's pretty long. >> senior director of ballpark tourists and hall of fame. carley: that means you know a lot about braves history. >> 150th anniversary. we started in boston in 1871. went to milwaukee in 1953. and we have been in atlanta since 1966. we have actually won a world series in all three cities. we would love to have another one here. carley: why are these numbers featured on this wall. >> we have 10 braves retired numbers. these are numbers that nobody in a braves uniform will wear again. number 21 one of m...