garon mosby/st. louis fire dept.) "it is arson. these are being intentionally set. there are doors...this is not spontaneous combustion, so they are not occurring on their own." (pastor david briggs/new life missionary baptist church) "i have prayed for them,' said trigg of the arson suspects. 'i have forgiven them. i don't want the communities to be angry. i don't want the churches to be angry, because it is in these moments that our character is tested." nikki: church members plan to hold services on the lawn today. investigators are looking for any links between this and the other church fires. nikki: this weekend, a military family got quite the surprise while tailgating at the cyclones game. "it is such pleasure of mine to present to your family a check which is reflective of free groceries for a full year" nikki: master sergeant clayton jensen served in the u.s. army for 15 years and received two purple heart awards. he and his wife were invited to the game at jack tryce stadium and were awarded with free groceries for a year. the jensen family was also recogn

st. louis fire captain garon mosby said there's no doubt the fires are deliberate. >> it is arson. these are being intentionally set. there are doors -- it isn't spontaneous combustion, so they are not occurring on their own. amy: all the fires were set within a three mile radius of northern st. louis. the area includes ferguson where the police killing of unarmed teen michael brown set off protests and a national movement more than a year ago. the burnings come after a series of fires at african-american churches across the south following the charleston church massacre in june. three of those fires were ruled as arson. white supremacists have targeted black churches with burnings dating back to the civil war. we are joined by two guests. reverend rodrick burton is pastor of new northside missionary baptist church, attacked by an arsonist on october 10. and jeffrey mittman is the executive director of the aclu of missouri. we welcome you both to democracy now! let's start with reverend rodrick burton. talk about what happened to your church, the day, how you learned what was happe