GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS: I want to go to Pierre Thomas now, our chief justice correspondent. They’re describing this as a hate crime, Pierre, and hate crimes across the south on the rise.

PIERRE THOMAS: Very much so, George. And this case is being given the highest priority. Last night the FBI director was notified and scores of FBI agents have been directed to participate in the investigation and the manhunt. This is being investigated, as you said, as a potential hate crime because the suspect is a white male and officials are well aware of the south’s history in regard to violence against black churches. Sources were stunned at cold-blood and calculated nature of the crime and there’s real concern, sources say, that this person could act again. More