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More than 1,000 counter protesters met them in the streets. police lost control. and the governor declared a state of emergency. >> it's 2017, how can you hate number that you don't even know? [ screaming and crashing of cars >> a lot of people got hit. a lot of people got hit. >> at 1:40 p.m. nazi sympathizer rammed his dodge challenger in to a crowd of peaceful counter protesters. >> this is why we didn't want them here! this is why we did not want them here! >> when it was all over, 19 people were injured and a 32-year-old woman named heather

And some are mothers of young children. the women's march alliance based in new york claimed the national group out of d.c. demanded some of its board members be placed on the planning committee. that d.c. group was looked at as one was linked to an anti-semitic figure. and they promise the goals are in solidarity. the march is more necessary bus we can't be complacent. we can't say we're one in five in congress. we need five in five in congress before we get complacent. >> there have been some counter-protesters, but they're far outnumbered gathered here today. this is one of 300 marches goin...

To intentionally mow down a crowd of anti-hate demonstrators, killing 32-year-old heather heyer. >> alt-right websites claimed james alex fields isn't a murderer, he's a martyr, forced to flee a crowd of violent protesters heavy. >> the nationalist community defended ourselves against thugs. >> two self proclaimed white nationalists began screaming at the police and media that counterprotesters were to blame for saturday's violence. >> it's an all part of a culture of victimhood white supremacists use to justify their apinger an their actions. the 2017 unite the white rally is just the latest ...

>> i'm really happy for you, pan, i'm proud of you. you've made a ton of progress. i have to be honest, i'm also concerned. since we started working together, gabe has severed ties with the hammerskins but i found out just a few months ago he marched in the largest white power rally in more than a decade. >> jews will not replace us! jews will not replace us! >> revving up them ovens, boys, woo! >> 500 white supremacists descended on the small college town of charlotteville, virginia. >> white lives matter! >> calling themselves unite the right, they claimed they were protesting the city's dec...

Today a jury recommended a life sentence for the white nationalist convicted of killing 32-year-old heather heyer. nearly 40 others were seriously injured after james fields jr. plowed his car into a crowd of counterprotesters at a unite the right rally in charlottesville, virginia, last year. fields' actions and the images of white nationalists marching with torches stunned and shocked the nation. now racial rhetoric and hate crimes are becoming all too common. cnn's sara sidner has this update on the state of hate in this country. >> reporter: it is as if pandora's box has been opened and ha...