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And this happens at a time when abortion providers have been expressing alarm and have basically been asking for help in defending themselves against a recent uptick in attacks, physical attacks on clinics. just this month before the colorado springs attack on friday, naral had started circulating a letter asking the department of justice to please investigate the surge in recent attacks on abortion clinics as acts of domestic terrorism. they cited the videos released this summer by anti-abortion activists that targeted planned parenthood as a sort of catalyst for this uptick in attacks. naral...

Clinics that provide abortions. and this happens at a time when abortion providers have been expressing alarm and have basically been asking for help in defending themselves against a recent uptick in attacks, physical attacks on clinics. just this month before the colorado springs attack on friday, naral had started circulating a letter asking the department of justice to please investigate the surge in recent attacks on abortion clinics as acts of domestic terrorism. they cited the videos released this summer by anti-abortion activists that targeted planned parenthood as a sort of catalyst f...

A little bit more. when you say these guys, what does this situation tell you based on the information we have about who this person might be? >> well, you know, attacks on clinics, we go back for the last 35 years. i've worked a number of bombings and attacks on clinics. like eric rudolph, the improvised mine at the clinic in birmingham and killed a police officer. and severely injured the clinic personnel. you know, i've had dynamite bombs at clinics in wichita, kansas. arson attacks. so there's been a lot of attacks on clinics that provide abortion services for women. and so that's not a ne...

Louis area. there has finally been an arrest. we have been following the story closely. the first church arson happened october 8th. within just a couple weeks there were six more, all in a really tight geographic area, all within a few miles of each other in greater st. louis. these were all arson fires, all deliberately set, all set at the doors of various churches. and a number of the churches that were targeted were primarily african-american churches. but not all of them were. at least one was a very racially diverse congregation. another church was almost entirely a white congregation. m...

Churches in st. louis, missouri, are on edge after seven suspected arson attacks on houses of warship in two weeks. the latest one happened thursday night at the historic shrine of st. joseph, but officials say that all of the fires started in a similar matter. while the motive is unknown, hate crime is a very dynamic part of the investigation. with me now is doug moore, reporter at the st. louis post dispatch, and doug, welcome to you, and what is the latest on the search for suspects? >> well, it has been like you sa said, 48 hours since the last arson, and they have stepped up patrol s s in...