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So now investigators are working to learn more about what the motives were for the shooter and why he targeted this church. >> thank you, blayne alexander for that. lets turn to monsey, new york, where kathy park is following the investigation into saturdays attack. what are you hearing from community members there and investigators as well? >> reporter: geoff, ill start with some new information regarding the suspect. we got a statement from the family who said that the suspect grafton thomas, ...

Feeling strength. we dont know the motive in texas yet. i used to be the special assistant in charge in dallas. this is the next county. i know that area well. worked it many years. we worked a lot of white hate groups. this could be a member of the congregation, this could be a stranger. church congregations, alex, are under attack because theyre good people. they do good works. o go to the disadvantaged and those suffering the most. sometimes those are people who have a lot of problems and the...

You are the company that you keep. in addition to the gristers, frauds, and cheats you surround yourself with on a daily basis, you employ one man so egregiously racist that 25 jewish members of the house have called on you to kick him out. im talking, of course, about your senior adviser, steven miller. this newest condemnation follows the revelation that mr. miller has spewed vile anti-immigrant and white nationalist rhetoric in emails inspired by the literature of known hate groups. but of co...

How the team was found. fox news is not identifying the team because of his age. police say they are now awaiting the results of a dna test. >> there was a court order by a manhattan judge to obtain forensic evidence from the suspect. and a subject exercise his legal right not to answer any questions. at 3:00 p.m., he was released to his attorney with the consent of his mother. >> for many new yorkers, the murder of tessa majors is reminiscent, another tragedy of the young woman allegedly killed...

Alabama reported zero hate crimes to the fbi. so those numbers -- >> which is interesting because this map that weve got on shows the southern poverty law centers describe active hate groups. and you can see a fairly heavy concentration in the southeast of the united states. >> sure. >> so be kind of interesting theres a lot of hate groups but no hate crimes. >> sure. still, we see these numbers going up as far as hate crime violence. and a lot of that is concentrated in major cities. you know, ...

The movement is splintering. its not just dominated by the kkk but theres over a hundred white supremacist activist hate groups in the country right now, national. and there is a clear uptick in activity since trumps been elected. theres also, by the way, a clear uptick since barack obama was elected. so you just see this deep american story of an ongoing cockroach problem that gets -- that can flare up in times of a galvanizing presidency, in times of a president that scares these people. but i...

Into this gesture outside the field of vision and if you catch them they get to punch you. if sound silly and juvenile. i talk to folks it is popular. among some of the younger military recruits. younger folks. it is possible this is the case. again the investigation will try to find out whether it was a game or something more sinister. >> isnt it usually younger people? the circle game. >> right. it is typically. like anything they are younger folks. some in the late teens early 20s. and a lot ...

I talk to folks it is popular. among some of the younger military recruits. younger folks. it is possible this is the case. again the investigation will try to find out whether it was a game or something more sinister. >> isnt it usually younger people? the circle game. >> right. it is typically. like anything they are younger folks. some in the late teens early 20s. and a lot can go juvenile. wearing a uniform. >> the okay sign is just one of the number of common signs and symbols to be coopted...

Kosher market, next to a school. people worry about how do you prove racial motivation and sometimes its hard. i regret to say sometimes its not hard at all. this case looks like a powerleful case for a religiously motivated hate crime. >> social media sites are fertile ground for some of these hate groups to pro grow and proceed here. we know there are threats on facebook, youtube, reddit. is there any legal navigation to break down these groups without infringing on, you know, some might say s...

Gabe have investigators determined whether these suspects were affiliated in some way with a hate group >> reporter: well, lester, the group is the black hebrew movement which analysts had labeled anti-semitic those analysts track hate groups today new jerseys attorney general says while the pair expressed interest in the group, so far investigators have not been able to establish any formal links lester >> gabe gutierrez, thank you shades of a darker period here in new york city, a college th...