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Positive attitude from the people walking on the bridge. they're happy to see it. truckers beep their horn. it gives you a sense of accomplishment like you're doing something good, especially in tough times with afghanistan and isis and everything going overseas. we're 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 workers going down to ground zero. we brought a flag down, repaired i...

People walking on the bridge. they're happy to see it. truckers beep their horn. it gives you a sense of accomplishment like you're doing something good, especially in tough times with afghanistan and isis and everything going overseas. we're 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 workers going down to ground zero. we brought a flag down, repaired it, hung it on a school righ...

Fundraising and they have the right to call it what they want. but i think there have disturbing things. this is america's history. it certainly has warts on it as any country does. i don't 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 change the name because hillary clinton went to one of these dinners and attacked the republican party...

Alina machado also in south carolina for us. thank you all very much. let's discuss this. let's 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 state's history before this day had changed you. when you see the flag coming down, when you saw that moment and you heard the crowds, what did it feel like for you? what does this day mean? >> well, it was a rel...

Take it down and not tell me to take my american flag down. >> really? >> but you -- you're not going to back down. you're not going to take the flag down, are you? >> no, no, i'll take it down at night. i'll 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 you'll think about taking it down. >> correct. we have things in our lease that states that you can't this and you can't that but they do nothing...