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Hard on the heels on a real attack on a confederate battle flag. i know looking at the radical right and into their forums and so on there's an enormous amount of rage over the confederate battle flag and it's apparent soon to be demise. they are talking about cultural genocide and ethnic cleansing of white southerners. those type of apocalyptic words. we just don't know. there's a natural reaction on the part of the african-american community in america of fear around this. there's a very long history of white supremacist attacks on the church, the black church in america, especially during t...

Cleared, this is too many happening too close to each other. all in the south, all in smaller communities or rural communities in the south. >> mark as mark pottok as we were just talking about, in the '90s, hundreds and black churches were involved in fires and incidents like this 120 attacks on black churches alone in '96. very quickly are you concerned about that sort of return? >> absolutely. i think we have to be concerned given what we saw in charleston and the presence of hundreds of hate groups and people who are inspired because of their hate to do violence. certainly we hope in the '...

Tells sarah dallof that the investigation is ongoing. other fires have been determined to be arson that destroyed churches in charlotte, north carolina and make con georgia set on purpose. a third in knoxville, tennessee is also believed to have been deliberate. a fire in warrenville, still under investigation there but not believed to have been arson. two other fires the one in tennessee and one in florida, had natural causes. joining me now, mark potauk as we look at the developments, mark, are you concerned at all that the incidents may be simply accidental but might be cast in a different ...