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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 what's 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 that means? because it is another big part of the sort of next steps here. >> yes, absolutely. ther...

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. he's 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. and this is about monetary damages. it was a split decision because on two of the major claims, i...

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, we're 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." he's 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 compensatory damages, and one more that i want to tell you about, james alex fields. i have to backtrack ...

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, we're 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, america's streets are flooded with dangerous drugs, including a new opioid that is 'sre powerful than fental.nys. here >> r' ep corbste...

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 liable for more than $12 million for assault or battery and for inflicting emotional distress. >> there's...