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Federal hate crime charges. he was already convicted in state court for murdering heather heyer after plowing his car into a crowd of counterprotesters in august of 2017. he plead not guilty in the first trial and the federal trial as well. so why has he changed his plea? kyra phillips leads us off. >> reporter: tonight, the guilty plea to 29 hate crimes in federal court. prosecutors said that james alex fields rammed his car into counterprotesters, killing 32-year-old heather heyer, and injuring dozens more. he was convicted of 29 of 30 counts, changing his initial plea as part as a deal with...

Heather heyer lost her life to a neo-nazi who plowed his car into a group of counter-protesters who were protesting people coming into their community and doing things and saying things that go against the founding principles of this country. that's why i am not surprised that president trump did not take the opportunity to make things right and to say things that are healing. he didn't do it in charlottesville. i wasn't waiting for it in response to what happened in new zealand. >> john, you know, because you're the white house correspondent, i kind of ask you to get into the president's head...

Workers that doesn't seem to have anything to do with congress. >> i don't think he was saying -- i didn't hear him call for action. he said look, these are peaceful people. i hope they stay peaceful. that's what he said in the quote, the direct quote. >> saying "i hope you stay peaceful" doesn't necessarily mean. why even say that? what's the -- what's the concern that the police or like, you know, the construction workers. >> or construction workers or anybody? i guess he is saying you leave a trump rally and there are antifa outside or counterprotesters outside like there are at many trump ...

>> saying "i hope you stay peaceful" doesn't necessarily mean. why even say that? what's the -- what's the concern that the police or like, you know, the construction workers. >> or construction workers or anybody? i guess he is saying you leave a trump rally and there are antifa outside or counterprotesters outside like there are at many trump rallies, i hope you remain peaceful. >> joe? >> i don't think so. i think if you look at the broadest context of what he has talked about from the very beginning when he got into the race, he has talked and tried to -- he has sought to undermine these i...

Anti-semitism. >> laura: i want to play something for you, sarah. there were counterprotesters who got into the faces of the rabbi and his group. let's watch. >> defend the right -- >> you say -- islamic phobia. >> why don't you -- [chanting -- no islam know feel yeah] >> laura: i've been tangling with her for decades. >> she's absolutely disgusting. she also visited iran and sat with iranian leaders and placated to iran just recently. so they have no business, i guess they have the right to go out and protest but we can see them for what they are. what's happened here and i agree with the rab...