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Mark morelle. it looks like the fire may have been started by lightning, there have been several instances we heard in brian's report of other predominantly african-american historic churches in the south being torched if you will by arson. what's going on? what is your analysis? well as the the official noted that we have not determined the cause. i can assure you that we will concede that lightning did indeed strike the area. but the cause is still being investigated and we have a number of federal authorities and state authorities analyzing data and gathering the facts. we know in this nati...

And inflict violence. if it is determined to beep this was associated with hate groups we will not let this defeat us. be sure that the charleston community is sending its prayers and support to the williamsburg county williamsburg county one of first count yezies to donate to the charleston victims of the massacre. and we are going to be there to support williamsburg county and the city of greeleyville and mount zion as they repair and rebuild. >> what do you think mark morelle, do the churches need to increase their security now? >> everyone has to be vigilant all churches particularly afric...

And you are going to hear what he had to say about chris christie in the interview as well. but he would look to be number one. he says in his estimation the party leadership is taking him seriously. the other candidates may be firing back at him because they're afraid of him. he thinks the republican party leadership takes him seriously he says they want him to be you know, in so many words, the nominee. >> you also had a chance don to ask him about the controversial comments about immigrants comments about rape he didn't back down did he? >> he did not. in fact he he doubled down. he believe...

Fact that the churches are headed up by women. female pastors head up the congregations and the threats were not racial low motivated. >> church behind you what's left of it. a fir there 20 years ago that burned that church as well. what are local religious political leaders on the scene there in greeleyville telling you about how they feel emotionally given everything that's happened? >> they have been devastated by this wolf. one local official told us this is a punch to the gut. the local mayor said he has an ill feeling. they revere the church because of what happened 20 years agecht it wa...

Whatever the, the cause is of these, of these awful burnings. we certainly keep all of the congregants and the leaders of these congregations in our thoughts and our prayers. because now they have got a challenge to rebuild. thank god no people have been hurt thus far. >> but a lot of people fear based on the e-mails i'm getting, tweets i'm getting, a lot of people fear this is not just a coincidence, hatch penning in the aftermath of the massacre in charleston south carolina. guys let's continue to watch what is going on. we won't draw hard fast conclusions yet, but continue to monitor. this ...