now the seventh predominantly black church in the south to catch fire in the last two weeks. two have been declared arson, the others are under investigation. local and fire officials are investigating. the fire burned for two and a half hours before firefighters could bring it under control. thankfully,ing being thankfully, though they don t know the cause of this fire, there is tremendous concern. you ride up to the church and see the flames rise again, it gives you an ill feeling. like we said we don t know what happened, what caused the fire. we re going to yield that to slade and all the other law enforcement officials to figure out what happened out there, but we can say right now that we will continue to pray for that church we actually do continue to pray for the church and the
of embassies since 54 developing now, a predominantly black church in south carolina burned yesterday 20 years after the original building was torched to the ground by the kkk. investigators are looking at all possible causes to this fire. the u.s. women s soccer team got a huge win over top-ranking germany in the wemomen s world cup semifinal in montreal last night putting them one win away from another world cup trophy. lloyd! the win sparked huge celebration on the field and in the stands as well as here in the u.s. nbc s natalie morales has more on the last-minute thrilling victory. the u.s. sashgs going in the
greeleyville. nbc s sarah dallof joins me now from greeleyville just north of charleston. a federal force told reporters this blaze does not seem to be intentionally sought from arsonists, however, you have information from the fire cheer there. reporter: we have information that the investigation is not yet complete and that is something we ve seen here this morning. some action here behind us. let us show you just how badly damaged the church is. the investigation is continuing including dogs being brought and aerial raids, the local fire chief telling me it is still
as was stated the more things change, the more they remain the same. i know many churches use the money to help the community and help members of the church but are you suggesting that some heightened the security at the church then of course we cannot ignore happenedwhat happened with the nine lives lost there. we are at a time when we can separate hate is hate. if a town is to be called, it would be greeleyville. we all know that here again,
ongoing. they do report that a federal store stop signs this was not arson. let me give you the mayor s reaction to that and to everything that s happened. everything revolves around the church. this is a christian community. so just to sit and see that happening is really devastating. it s a lot of mixed emotions. it s just hard when you see that. i was here 19, almost 20 years ago for the dedication of the church after one burned just up the street. no matter what the