>> motive this morning following the wave of arson attacks in los angeles . nbc's mike taibbi is there with what police say might have caused the suspect to snap. good morning.
>> reporter: arson suspect harry burkhart sat in jail and his mother in a nearby courtroom for fraud and embezzlement charges against her four years ago. people say it was her likely extra that set him up. when harry was arrested he reportedly shouted "i hate america." it was his mother's impending extradition on criminal charges she faces out in germany blurted out "where's my son in he's mentally ill ." her son is the lone suspect in some 52 car fires over four nights. it's possible to say he revealed his anger and made himself memorable during his mother's first court hearing last week.
>> entered the courtroom and made quite a disturbance. there was a lot of cursing in english, words that i won't repeat here. he was detained momentarily by court security personnel.
>> reporter: within a day the arson rampage began. then on sunday the surveillance video was released showing the possible suspect along with the description of his van and other personal details. hours later with more fires raging, a lawyer volunteering as a reserve deputy sheriff, dubbed a citizen hero, recognized the van and the driver.
>> as i pulled next to him and shined my spotlight in the car, i saw a male, wide receding line and short pony tail and that was, you know, big key.
>> reporter: and the big relief to a whole city, not one more car fire since the arrest. burkhart, like his mother s in this country legally as a german citizen , too, apparently living in l.a. for about a year, and later today he'll face his own first open court hearing in his arson case.
>> mike taibbi in los angeles , thank you.
Source: http://video.today.msnbc.msn.com/today/45868359/
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