the initiative. reporter: and tonight, the fight over confederate statues is now a flashpoint. in durham,orth carolina overnight, crowds tearing down a this statue honoring confederate soldiers. let me be clear, no one is getting away with what happened. we are pursuing felony charges. reporter: there are 700 monuments like this throughout the u.s. pressure is building for many cities to move them or take them down. that fight, energizing white nationalists who want to stop them. coming weeks. tonight, the southern poverty law center reports that in the last three years, more than 125 new hate groups have formed. they are just kind of now coming more to light and coming out from the cracks because of the new electionhe j tofns uewe again tonight from charlottesville, and eva, there are more rallies planned around the country? reporter: that s right, david.