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We're following this breaking news out of charlottesville, virginia where a partial verdict has been reached in the trial of white nationalists behind the deadly 2017 united r the right rally. j tell us what we know about this partial verdict. >> reporter: alisyn, we have been adding up the numbers since the last time we spoke, and in doing that, it now looks as if these defendants are now going to be responsible for $26 million in damages. that is pretty much what we've come up with in terms of adding up what the jurors have found here. what i should note, $12 million of that goes to one pers...

Were injured four of them were hurt when a neo-nazi drove his car into a crowd of counter protesters. the two dozen defendants include some prominent white nationalists, including richard spencer who coined the term "alt-right" and christopher cantwell who became known as the "crying nazi." because of his emotional video that he posted after he was sought for arrest in a separate incident. the case was brought under a 140-year-old law known as the ku klux klan act that allows private lawsuits against people who conspire to violate civil rights several of the defendants told the jury, yes, they...

Defending a community you don't live in when you broke the law to get what the prosecution calls a murder weapon. now, people are documenting this, looking at the threat we face as a nation. new yorker journalist paige williams reporting on future danger of rising vigilante defense in our country, saying if they sanction that, moral ter indications between protesters and counter-protesters will turn deadly. yeah. and why wouldn't they? the reason the law punishes violence is to deter it. very simple. the reason the law punishes violence is to deter it in the future. if there is no credible or ...

Kkk, gathered in charlottesville for a rally against the city's decision to remove a statue of confederate general robert e. lee. the night before the plant unite the white right rally, a group of white nationalist march from the campus university of virginia. they carried the tiki torches and chanted phrases, including white lies matters, just will not replaces, and the nazis -- the next morning things got even worse. the city descended and violence, as far-right groups encountered protesters clashed in the street. the governor declared a state of emergency and the rally was canceled. then tr...

Blood and soil, a torch light march the night before, and vicious battles in the streets, the rally shocked america with its brazen racism and anti-semitism. >> you will not replace us. >> reporter: and the equivocation from then president trump poured fuel on the controversy, seemingly legitimatizing the alt-right, white supremacists, and white nationalism in america. >> you had some very bad people in that group, but you also had people that were very fine people on both sides. >> reporter: dozens were injured in street brawls. the violence culminated with a white nationalist james fields pl...