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Positive attitude from the people walking on the bridge. theyre happy to see it. truckers beep their horn. it gives you a sense of accomplishment like youre doing something good, especially in tough times with afghanistan and isis and everything going overseas. were proud of america, proud to fly the flag and the people appreciate it. >> reporter: only once in the 67-year history of the hanging of the flag did it fly for more than just one day. >> we flew for 30 days after 9/11 to let everybody ...

People walking on the bridge. theyre happy to see it. truckers beep their horn. it gives you a sense of accomplishment like youre doing something good, especially in tough times with afghanistan and isis and everything going overseas. were proud of america, proud to fly the flag and the people appreciate it. >> reporter: only once in the 67-year history of the hanging of the flag did it fly for more than just one day. >> we flew for 30 days after 9/11 to let everybody know all the volunteers and...

Fundraising and they have the right to call it what they want. but i think there have disturbing things. this is americas history. it certainly has warts on it as any country does. i dont like to walk away from the history. that is just a matter of principle. i want everybody to understand what was right and wrong about it. at the end of the day, they have a right to name the fundraiser what they want. >> i think this is a great thing. and a couple months ago i asked democrats on twitter to chan...

Alina machado also in south carolina for us. thank you all very much. lets discuss this. lets talk about today, the meaning of today, just beyond the flag. the symbolism of it with republican senator from south carolina, also presidential candidate, lindsey graham. senator, you spoke very emotionally. john and i both remember it when you were on this show and how this moment in your states history before this day had changed you. when you see the flag coming down, when you saw that moment and yo...

Take it down and not tell me to take my american flag down. >> really? >> but you -- youre not going to back down. youre not going to take the flag down, are you? >> no, no, ill take it down at night. ill take it down when it rains. but i feel that this is my constitutional right to fly the american flags. >> is it true that you feel that there are other things the matter with the building and the complex as well and once they tend to that, maybe youll think about taking it down. >> correct. we ...

As it has been for three years every soldier and veteran a tribute and a thank you. a month ago, the flag, the round about a car went over it and knocked the flag and lit a tree in the center and our family put up a new pole with the help of a world war ii veteran, mr. jack baker and we put up a new pole in the center and two weeks later they, the state roads took the flag down, and threw it in the back of a dump truck. >> what was their response? you reached out to them saying what are you doin...