area, he said there is no confirmation it actually hit the church. last night s fire was the seventh to occur at a predominantly black church in the south. only three have been determined likely arsons at this point and none has been ruled a hate crime. joining me now, joy, what is the scene like down there? reporter: well, essentially, chris, you just encapsulated it. there was a huge disconnect between governor nicki haley and here at mount zion ame church. we saw that it was a lightning strike. number one, we re not sure who the we is. and the mayor of greeleyville as well as the state senator representing this area and the fire chief, all of whom we spoke with here tonight all said the investigation is still open. ongoing. in fact the fire chief told me because of the extensive damage, because the roof literally fell in, there s so much debris inside of it they can t determine what the cause is.
that have been happening really throughout the south and even the midwest and in our own state in charlotte recently had an incident there. they have our full attention and this is a serious issue we will be addressing with the appropriate care. we will see where those matters lead us as well. the hashtag who s burning black churches has been trending on twitter for a number of days. investigators believe the nier at mount zion ame may have been caused by lightning them number of church fires the past two weeks has raised concern. brian todd has more on that. reporter: the mount psy onafrican methodist episcopal church engulfed in flames. firefighters tried to save the church but all that remains is a burnt brick shell, a total loss. no cause has been ruled out, but so far no sign of arson. 20 years ago, the mount zion ame
while there was lightning in the area, he said there is no confirmation it actually hit the church. last night s fire was the seventh to occur at a predominantly black church in the south. only three have been determined likely arsons at this point and none has been ruled a hate crime. joining me now, joy, what is the scene like down there? reporter: well, essentially, chris, you just encapsulated it. there was a huge disconnect between governor nicki haley and here at mount zion ame church. we saw that it was a lightning strike. number one, we re not sure who the we is. and the mayor of greeleyville as well as the state senator representing this area and the fire chief, all of whom we spoke with here tonight all said the investigation is still open. ongoing. in fact the fire chief told me because of the extensive damage, because the roof literally fell
due to arson and due to hatred against african-americans. is it true? no, it s not. and the headlines, black churches burning, there are also white churches burning as well. believe it or not, there are two media entities. you have to give credit where credit is due. the los angeles times and the washington post, one writer at the washington post set up somewhat of an incomprehensive list to see of the 14 incidents that have occurred in the past two weeks, how many of those are arson, how many of those are hate crimes how many have been like accidental or lightning because mount zion they said that was started by lightning. now what has been discovered is that out of all of these incidents, there are only two confirmed cases of arson. others are being investigated as lightning strikes, accidental and nothing, megyn, nothing is
strategically placing snipers and spotters in the areas near crowds. officials fear a recent call to arms by the islamic state terror group may inspire a lone wolf attack. there are self-radicalized self-organized people on social media. are we concerned about that? absolutely. we re concerned about it. that has been seen in europe so that s a sign that in the united states as in europe and other places in the world we have to be concerned about it and we obviously are. joining me now new york congressman peter king who s a member of the house homeland security committee. thank you very much for being here tonight, congressman. thank you, megyn. compare the threat that we are seeing now to the time frame since 9/11. megyn, i have to say i ve never seen this level of concern at any time since 9/11. i know on the 10th anniversary we had some concerns. it s always been something coming up. nothing to this extent. nothing and this goes back as far as i know at least t