after they hit $1.1 million they knew they had enough to rebuild, they stopped raising funds. but over 23,000 people came forward and donated. they got hundreds of thousands of dollars more than they had asked for. that mosque fire is still not solved. local authorities have declared it an arson. they have put out reward for information leading to an arrest but there is no one in custody. we spoke to the imam today, he told us they are making their plans to rebuild and hoping there will someday be an arrest. this weekend in st. louis, missouri, in the university city neighborhood of st. louis a jewish cemetery that dates to the 1800s was the subject of another attack, nearly 200 headstones were thrown over, broken toppled in the cemetery. local press has been full of these heartbreaking pictures of people turning up at the jewish cemetery to find their granarentsheadston broken and thrown over. this comes on the heels of
in canada, a 27-year-old man, french canadian known for his outspoken right wing and anti-islam politics. he reportedly called police himself and told police he would wait for them to come arrest him. canada is still reeling from that attack this weekend. there have been repeated demonstrations of public support for muslim canadians including by canadian public officials. one interesting reverberation of that canadian attack in our country that in our country, the conservative fox news channel sent out a number of tweets and made a number of claims on the air that the suspected shooter in that attack was a muslim. he was not. the canadian prime minister reportedly appealed directly to the president of fox news and asked the president to take those tweets down and belatedly, fox news did that. in the victoria, texas, mosque
the fields are very fine. they re burning very rapidly. and this fire was probably up to 100 acres within minutes of being reported, if that can give you an idea how fast it s spreading. any indication what started it? no indication at this point. there is a lot of infrastructure up in the hillsides or up in the hills above where this fire is burning now. that s a possibility, but we re going to have to get in there and take a look at it soon. we re going to continue following this story, obviously, and have more for you through the morning as it develops. also new this morning, a federal investigation in texas. this after the bureau of alcohol, tobacco and firearms is called in to investigate a suspicious mosque fire. now, the blaze broke out yesterday afternoon after friday prayers. and it took some 80 firefighters to get those flames under control. no one was injured, but the members of the mosque s congregation were shaken.
new this morning, a federal investigation in texas. after the bureau of alcohol, tobacco and firearms is called in to investigate a suspicious mosque fire. here s what happened. the plays broke out yesterday afternoon after friday prayers. it took 80 firefighters to get the flames under control. no one was injured. but members of the mosque congregation were understandably rattled. i burned more chairs, or i burned synagogues or temples. it s not good to see him like that. the mosque is doing a great job to educate the community. and to educate people to do the good and to beat the evil. investigators say it s the quote multiple points of entry for the tire that led them to call this blaze suspicious. joining me now on the phone is jonathan gilliam, a law enforcement analyst and fbi special agent and former navy seal as well.
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